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1 CRITO
starting. Hah! CHREMES
It is his way, Crito; do excuse it. CRITO
Let him take heed how he behaves. If he persists in saying to me what he likes, he'll be hearing things that he don't like. Am I meddling with these matters or interesting myself? Can you not endure your troubles with a patient mind? For as to what I say, whether it is true or false what I have heard, can soon be known. A certain man of Attica, a long time ago,
1 A sharper: “"Sycophanta."” For some account of the "sycophantae," "swindlers" or "sharpers" of ancient times, see the Notes to the Trinummus of Plautus, Bohn's Translation.
The Comedies of Terence. Henry Thomas Riley. Ney York. Harper and Brothers. 1874.
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