... she was as bored as I am. I can help you find her. For if she's up to
mischief, I shall soon know where she is.

[Though he looks very, very funny as he pleads, Mercury shakes his
head.

Don't go thinking because you're so clever, you can do better without a
fool like me. Saturday afternoon it is. If, when Jupiter starts work on
Monday, there's no one to draw the corks of the bottled lightning ... look
out for trouble. Come along, too, Charon.

CHARON. I?

MOMUS. Yes, you're growing ever so dull. A week on earth will do you good
... if you're not too much of an old 'un.

CHARON. I'm not an old 'un.

MOMUS. You are an old 'un.

[And when a thing isn't really funny, say it twice and it often sounds
so. Charon is tempted.

CHARON. I can't leave the boat.

HIPPONAX. Oh, take me back to earth again. They'll mock at me on the other
side of this hellish river ... play tricks on me ...

MERCURY. Charon, give him your oar. He shall mind the boat till Monday. A
final and a wholesome exercise in what he calls his philosophy, to row all