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P. Terentius Afer
Beforehe goes he gives orders that an Ethiopian slave, and an eunuch whom hehas bought for Thais, shall be taken to her house  At this momentThraso sends Pamphila under the escort of Gnatho his follower  On herway to Thais' house she is seen in the street by Chaerea, Phaedria'sbrother, who at first sight falls desperately in love with her, andhurries after her, but being detained on his way by an old friend ofhis father's, arrives just too late to see her taken into thehouse  Here he falls in with Parmeno, his father's slave, and betweenthem they concoct the scheme on which the plot of the playturns  Chaerea is dressed up in the eunuch's clothes and conducted toThais' house, where he soon has an opportunity of carrying out hisintended scheme, during the absence of Thais at Thraso's house; afterwhich he makes his escape  This event causes the greatestconsternation in the household; and is no less distressing to Thais,who finds her plan for restoring Pamphila to her relations thusawkwardly frustrated  For in the meantime she has obtained someinterviews with Chremes, the brother of Pamphila, and has nearlyidentified Pamphila when the catastrophe comes to herknowledge  Phaedria, too, is much disconcerted at discovering that hispresent has worked so much mischief  All parties, in fact, are attheir wit's end, with the exception of Chaerea, who, upon discoveringPamphila's history, makes the best amends he can by undertaking tomarry her  Pythias meanwhile, Thais' maid, pays off old scores bydriving Parmeno to divulge the whole matter to Laches, father ofChaerea and Phaedria