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Mostellaria, or The Haunted House (454_455b-476)

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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.
THEUROPIDES
Tell me, why so?
TRANIO
Just look around, whether there’s any person to overhear our discourse.
THEUROPIDES
(looking around.)
All’s quite safe.
TRANIO
Look around once more.
THEUROPIDES
(looking around.)
There’s nobody; now then, speak out.
TRANIO
(in a loud whisper.)
The house has been guilty of a capital offence[*].
THEUROPIDES
I don’t understand you.
TRANIO
A crime, I tell you, has been committed there, a long while ago, one of olden time and ancient date.

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