SCENE VIII.
George Colman translation
Manent Davus, Mysis. Davus runs up to her.
Mysis. Don’t offer to touch me, you villain!
If I don’t tell my mistress every word——
Davus. Why you don’t know, you fool, what good we’ve done.
Mysis. How should I?
Davus. This is father to the bride:
Nor could it otherwise have been contriv’d
That he should know what we would have him.
Mysis. Well,
You should have given me notice.
Davus. Is there then
No diff’rence, think you, whether all you say
Falls natural from the heart, or comes
From dull premeditation?