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SCENE III.
Enter LESBONICUS.Les.
Who is it,
With boisterous voice calls on me to come forth
With speed here?
Cal.
A well-wisher, and a friend.
Les.
Tell me, is any thing amiss?
Cal.
All's right.—
I am rejoic'd, your father is return'd
In safety from abroad.
Les.
Who says so?
Cal.
I.
Les.
How! have you seen him?
Cal.
Yes,—and you yourself
May see him too.
(Pointing to Charmides.
Les.
(Going up)
My father! O my father!
Heav'n's blessings on you.
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And on you, my son!
Les.
Any mischance, good father?
Charm.
Never fear:
Nothing has happen'd: I am safe arriv'd;
And well have manag'd my affairs.—O son!
If you would but be prudent, Callicles
Has promis'd you his daughter.
Les.
Sir, I'll take her,
And whomsoever else you shall command.
Charm.
I could, I am so angry—
Cal.
Come,—one misery
For one man's full enough.—
Charm.
Nay, but for him
It is too little; were he for his sins
To wed an hundred wives, 'twere all too little.
Les.
But now henceforward I'll refrain myself
From wild and evil courses.
Charm.
So you say:
Would you but do't!
Les.
What hinders, but my wife
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Charm.
It were best:
Then be it so. (To Lysiteles)
And you, Sir, be prepar'd
For marriage the day after.—Clap your hands.
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