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Do you think my anxiety was folly? No, Publius, it is only too well founded, and if you, as a man, are strong and bold, so am I as a woman. I never was afraid of an imaginary nothing. Judge yourself whether I was not right to be afraid for you. "King Euergetes and Eulaeus have bribed two hideous monsters to murder you.
"I am happy to see you in such good humor," said Eulaeus. "My humor is as may be," interrupted the king. "I believe I am only whistling a merry tune to keep up my spirits in the dark. If I were on more familiar terms with what other men call fear I should have ample reason to be afraid; for in the quail-fight we have gone in for I have wagered a crown-aye, and more than that even.
May I be allowed to ask what business " "Our noble friend," answered Eulaeus, bowing low, but not allowing the queen to finish her speech, "would seem to have found some particular charm in the bearded recluses of Serapis, and to be seeking among them the key-stone of his studies at Athens." "In that he is very right," said the queen.
Euergetes listened in silence, then, flinging away the draperies that wrapped his body, he paced up and down in stormy agitation, groaning from time to time, and roaring like a wild bull that feels itself confined with cords and bands, and that exerts all its strength in vain to rend them. Finally he stood still in front of Eulaeus and asked him: "What more do you know of the Roman?"
But he had not crossed the room when Eulaeus rushed in, as pale as death, and calling out to his sovereign: "The murderers have betrayed us; Publius Scipio is alive, and insists on being admitted to speak with you."
Still I will read that roll, and read it attentively, for my husband regards Eulaeus as a useful almost an indispensable-tool, and I must give good reasons for my verdict and for the pardon. I believe in the innocence of the unfortunate Philotas, but if he had committed a hundred murders, after this present I would procure his freedom all the same."
I have good eyes as you know, and I will give one of them at this moment, if I am mistaken, and if the cat that stole into our tent was not Eulaeus." "And why did you not have him caught?" asked Publius, provoked.
Eulaeus dismounted behind the acacia-grove, and expressed a hope that Zoe would not find the time very long while he was engaged with the high- priest; perhaps indeed, he remarked, she might even make some use of the time by making advances to the representative of Hebe.
"Was she alone? She was. "By which gate did the epistolographer Eulaeus depart? By the east. "Was he alone? He was. "Did any one here present meet the chariot either of the lady or of Eulaeus?" "I did," cried a car-driver, whose daily duty it was to go to Memphis with his oxen and cart to fetch provisions for the kitchen, and other necessaries. "Speak," said the high-priest.
"That I would do as it is, with real pleasure," replied Publius; he took leave of the recluse and called out to Eulaeus. "What a delightful morning it has been!" "It would have been pleasanter for me," replied Eulaeus, "if you had not deprived me of your company for such a long time." "That is to say," answered the Roman, "that I have stayed away longer than I ought."
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