Book 3
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Philinna Well, the others applauded, but Diphilus lay on his back and looked up at the ceiling, till I was tired and gave up.
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Mother But what about kissing Lamprias? is that true? and going across and embracing him? Well, why don’t you speak? Those are things I cannot forgive.
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Philinna I wanted to pay him out.
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Mother And then not sitting near him! singing while he was in tears! Think how poor we are, girl; you forget how much we have had from him, and what last winter would have been if Aphrodite had not sent him to us.
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Philinna I dare say! and I am to let him outrage my feelings just for that?
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Mother Oh, be as angry as you like, but no tit for tat. You ought to know that if a lover’s feelings are outraged his love ends, and he finds out his folly. You have always been too hard on the lad; pull too tight, and the rope breaks, you know.
