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What about her?
ACANTHIO
He has seen her.
CHARINUS
Seen her? Ah wretch that I am! What I ask you, answer me.
ACANTHIO
Nay, but do you ask me, if you want anything.
CHARINUS
How could he see her?
CHARINUS
Away hence and be hanged. You are trifling, when my life’s at stake.
ACANTHIO
How the plague am I trifling, if I answer you what you ask me?
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CHARINUS
Did he see her for certain?
ACANTHIO
Aye, troth, as certainly as I see you and you see me.
CHARINUS
Where did he see her?
ACANTHIO
Down on board the ship, as he stood near the prow and chatted with her.
CHARINUS
Father, you have undone me. Come now, you, come now, you sir? Why, you whip-rascal, didn’t you take care that he mightn’t see her? Why, villain, didn’t you stow her away, that my father mightn’t perceive her?
ACANTHIO
Because we were busily employed about our business; we were engaged in packing up and arranging the cargo. While these things were being done, your father was brought alongside in a very small boat; and not an individual beheld the man until he was aboard the ship.
CHARINUS
In vain have I escaped the sea with its dreadful tempests! Just now I really did suppose that I was both ashore and in a place of safety; but I see that by the raging waves I am being hurried towards the rocks. Say on; what took place?
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ACANTHIO
After he espied the woman, he began to ask her to whom she belonged.
CHARINUS
What did she answer?
ACANTHIO
That instant I ran up and interposed, saying that you had bought her as a maid-servant for your mother.
