human
Be the first to unload from the thirsty camel[1481] his fresh pepper--turn a penny, swear!
gpt
But Jupiter will hear!
human
Oh fool! If you aim at living on good terms with Jove, you must go on contented to bore your oft-tasted salt-cellar with your finger!
gpt
Quick, to the ship! Nothing prevents your sweeping over the Ægæan in your big ship, unless cunning luxury should first draw you aside, and hint,
human
Whither, madman, are you rushing? Whither! what do you want? The manly bile has fermented in your hot breast, which not even a pitcher[1483] of hemlock could quench. Would _you_ bound over the sea? Would _you_ have your dinner on a thwart, seated on a coil of hemp?[1484] while the broad-bottomed jug[1485] exhales the red Veientane[1486] spoiled by the damaged pitch![1487] Why do you covet that the money you had here put out to interest at a modest five per cent., should go on to sweat a greedy eleven per cent.? Indulge your Genius![1488] Let us crop the sweets of life! That you really _live_ is my boon! You will become ashes, a ghost, a gossip's tale! Live, remembering you must die.--The hour flies! This very word I speak is subtracted from it!
gpt
I have burst my bonds!
human
Davus![1489] I intend at once--and I order you to believe me too!--to put an end to my past griefs. (So says Chærestratus, biting his nails to the quick.) Shall I continue to be a disgrace to my sober relations? Shall I make shipwreck[1490] of my patrimony, and lose my good name, before these shameless[1491] doors, while drunk, and with my torch extinguished, I sing[1492] before the reeking doors of Chrysis?
gpt
Well done, my boy, be wise! sacrifice a lamb to the gods who ward off[1493] evil!
human
But do you think, Davus, she will weep at being forsaken? Nonsense! boy, you will be beaten with her red slipper,[1494] for fear you should be inclined to plunge, and gnaw through your close-confining toils,[1495] now fierce and violent. But if she should call you, you would say at once,
gpt
What then shall I do?[1496] Shall I not now, when I am invited, and when of her own act she entreats me, go to her?