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Relate it in its order just as you proceeded.
OLYMPIO
Upon my faith, I am ashamed.
CLEOSTRATA
Proceed boldly. After you went to bed, I want you to tell what took place after that.
OLYMPIO
But it’s a disgraceful matter.
CLEOSTRATA
I’ll take care that those who hear it shall be on their guard as to mentioning it.
OLYMPIO
That’s the principal thing.
CLEOSTRATA
You kill me with weariness. Why don’t you proceed?
OLYMPIO
—Ubi us subtus porro
Oh, erat maximum. Gladium ne haberet metui; id quaerere occœpi. Dum, gladiumne habeat, quaero, arripio capulum.
Sed, quom cogito, non habuit gladium; nam id esset frigidius.
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CLEOSTRATA
Num radix fuit?
