Please now, is my door apt to biteApt 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.PHRONESIUMWhy 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—PHRONESIUMWhy do you turn yourself away?DINARCHUSMy greetings to you, Phronesium.PHRONESIUMGreetings to you as well. Will you dine here to-day, as you’ve arrived in safety?DINARCHUSI’m engaged. PHRONESIUMWhere will you dine then?DINARCHUSWherever you request me; here.