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Mostellaria, or The Haunted House (447b-470)

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O Theuropides, my master, welcome; I’m glad that you’ve arrived in safety. Haveyou been well all along?
THEUROPIDES
All along, as you see.
TRANIO
That’s very good.
THEUROPIDES
What about yourselves? Are you all mad?
TRANIO
Why so?
THEUROPIDES
For this reason; because you are walking about outside; not a born person is keeping watch in the house, either to open or to give an answer. With kicking with my feet I’ve almost broken in the pannels?
TRANIO
How now? Have you been touching this house?
THEUROPIDES
Why shouldn’t I touch it? Why, with kicking it, I tell you, I’ve almost broken down the door.
TRANIO
What, you touched it?
THEUROPIDES
I touched it, I tell you, and knocked at it.
TRANIO
Out upon you!
THEUROPIDES
Why so?
TRANIO
By heavens! ’twas ill done.
THEUROPIDES
What is the matter?
TRANIO
It cannot be expressed, how shocking and dreadful a mischief you’ve been guilty of.
THEUROPIDES
How so?
TRANIO
Take to flight, I beseech you, and get away from the house. Fly in this direction, fly closer to me. (He runs to wards TRANIO.) What, did you touch the door?
THEUROPIDES
How could I knock, if I didn’t touch it?
TRANIO
By all that’s holy, you’ve been the death—
THEUROPIDES
Of what person?
TRANIO
Of all your family.
THEUROPIDES
May the Gods and Goddesses confound you with that omen.
TRANIO
I’m afraid that you can’t make satisfaction for yourself and them.
THEUROPIDES
For what reason, or what new affair is this that you thus suddenly bring me news of?
TRANIO
And (whispering) hark you, prithee, do bid those people to move away from here.
(Pointing to the ATTENDANTS of THEUROPIDES.)
THEUROPIDES
(to the ATTENDANTS.)
Move away from here.
TRANIO
Don’t you touch the house. Touch you the ground[*] as well. (Exeunt the ATTENDANTS.)
THEUROPIDES
I’ faith, prithee, do speak out now.
TRANIO
Because it is now seven months that not a person has set foot within this house, and since we once for all left it.

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