Because I’m teaching those who know it all. But I’m loitering here.(Moves.)SOPHOCLIDISCA(taking hold of him.)Do stop.PAEGNIUMYou are annoying to me.SOPHOCLIDISCAAnd so I shall be then, if I don’t find out whither you are betaking yourself.PAEGNIUMTo your house.SOPHOCLIDISCAAnd I to your house, i’ faith.PAEGNIUMWhy thither?SOPHOCLIDISCAWhat’s that to you?PAEGNIUM(standing before her.)Why, you shan’t go now, unless, in return, I know.SOPHOCLIDISCAYou are teazing. PAEGNIUMI choose to.SOPHOCLIDISCANever, upon my faith, shall you wring this out of me, so as to prove yourself more artful than I am.PAEGNIUMIt’s a misery to contend with you in artfulness.SOPHOCLIDISCAYou are a mischievous baggage.PAEGNIUMWhat is there for you to fear?SOPHOCLIDISCAThe very same that there is for you.PAEGNIUMSay then, what is it?SOPHOCLIDISCABut I’m forbidden to tell this to any person, and am instructed that all the dumb people are to speak of it before myself.PAEGNIUMAnd most especially was I cautioned not to trust this to any person, so that all the dumb people were to mention this before myself.SOPHOCLIDISCAStill, do you do so; on giving our words, let’s trust each other.PAEGNIUMI know this—all procuresses are light of faith, and the weight of a water-gnatWeight of a water-gnat: Tipulae, a water-gnat, or waterspider. This is a very pretty illustration. On a sunny day these little animals may be seen in hundreds skating over the surface of still water. Warner suggests that this simile may have been a proverbial one. is not more light than is the word of a procurer.SOPHOCLIDISCATell me, there’s a dear.PAEGNIUMTell me, there’s a dear.SOPHOCLIDISCAI don’t want to be your dear.PAEGNIUMYou’ll easily prevail upon me in that.SOPHOCLIDISCAKeep it yourself. PAEGNIUMAnd you be mum about this.(Showing her a letter.)SOPHOCLIDISCAIt shall be kept a secret.PAEGNIUMIt shall not be known.(She shows him a letter.)SOPHOCLIDISCAI’m carrying this letter to Toxilus, your master.