Please now, is my door apt to bite Apt to bite : Taubmann has a notion that this remark refers to the inscription often set up in the Roman vestibules: Cave canem, Beware of the dog. , that you are afraid to come in, my love? DINARCHUS (aside.) Behold the spring! How all blooming it is! how fragrantly does it smell! how brightly does it shine. PHRONESIUM Why so ill-mannered, as not, on your arrival from Lemnos From Lemnos : This may be intended as a hit at the people of Lemnos, who were remarkable for their rude and unpolished manners. , to give a kiss to your mistress, my Dinarchus? DINARCHUS (aside.) O dear, by my troth, I’m being punished now, and most terribly— PHRONESIUM Why do you turn yourself away? DINARCHUS My greetings to you, Phronesium. PHRONESIUM Greetings to you as well. Will you dine here to-day, as you’ve arrived in safety? DINARCHUS I’m engaged. PHRONESIUM Where will you dine then? DINARCHUS Wherever you request me; here.