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 //Mi//. Ha, ha! I shall get there first, and I shouldn’t wonder. //Mi//. Ha, ha! I shall get there first, and I shouldn’t wonder.
  
-//Clo//. This will never do. We must get to him, and pick him up.... Hermes, give him a hand up.+//Clo//. This will never do. We must get to him, and pick him up... Hermes, give him a hand up.
  
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 //Clo//. A good idea that. //Clo//. A good idea that.
  
-//Cha//. Up with you then; and make the rascal’s back ache. And now, good luck to our voyage!+//Cha//. Up with you then; and make the rascal’s backache. And now, good luck to our voyage!
  
 //Cy//. Charon, I may as well tell you the plain truth at once. The penny for my fare is not forthcoming; I have nothing but my wallet, look, and this stick. But if you want a hand at baling, here I am; or I could take an oar; only give me a good stout one, and you shall have no fault to find with me. //Cy//. Charon, I may as well tell you the plain truth at once. The penny for my fare is not forthcoming; I have nothing but my wallet, look, and this stick. But if you want a hand at baling, here I am; or I could take an oar; only give me a good stout one, and you shall have no fault to find with me.
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-//Cha//. Wait a bit! Fares first, please. Your fare, Micyllus; every one else has paid; one penny.+//Cha//. Wait a bit! Fares first, please. Your fare, Micyllus; everyone else has paid; one penny.
  
 //Mi//. You don’t expect to get a penny out of the poor cobbler? You’re joking, Charon; or else this is what they call a ‘castle in the air.’ I know not whether your penny is square or round. //Mi//. You don’t expect to get a penny out of the poor cobbler? You’re joking, Charon; or else this is what they call a ‘castle in the air.’ I know not whether your penny is square or round.
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-//Her//. If any one has an accusation to bring against Cyniscus here present, let him come forward.+//Her//. If anyone has an accusation to bring against Cyniscus here present, let him come forward.
  
 //Cy//. No one stirs! //Cy//. No one stirs!
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 //Rhad//. What is the idea in that? //Rhad//. What is the idea in that?
  
-//Cy//. His earthly pomp and power for ever in his mind; his fingers ever busy on the tale of blissful items;—’tis a heavy sentence!+//Cy//. His earthly pomp and power forever in his mind; his fingers ever busy on the tale of blissful items;—’tis a heavy sentence!
  
 //Rhad//. True. Be this the tyrant’s doom. Place him in fetters at Tantalus’s side,— never to forget the things of earth. //Rhad//. True. Be this the tyrant’s doom. Place him in fetters at Tantalus’s side,— never to forget the things of earth.
  
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