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"And what did Pandaenus say to the wishes of his uncle?" asked Philothea. Eudora blushed slightly as she answered, "He tried to convince me that we should all be happier, if I would consent to the arrangement. I could not believe this; and Pandaenus was too proud to repeat his solicitations to a reluctant listener. I seldom see him; but when there is opportunity to do me service, he is very kind."
Perceiving that Eudora blushed deeply, he added, in an inquiring tone, "Clinias told me to-day, that Phidias wished to unite you with that gifted artist, his nephew Pandaenus?"
There was a long, airy gallery, in which he was allowed to take exercise any hour of the day. In some places, an open-work partition, richly and curiously wrought by the skilful hand of Callicrates, separated this gallery from the outer balustrade of the building. During his walks, Pandaenus often heard sounds of violent grief from the other side of the screen.
On the fourth day after her escape from Salamis, Pandaenus came to congratulate Artaphernes, and half in anger, half in laughter, told the particulars of his story.
Having thus far effected her escape, Eudora was extremely anxious that Pandaenus and Clinias should be informed of her place of retreat, as soon as the morning dawned. When Geta told her that Pandaenus had disappeared as suddenly as herself, and no one knew whither, she replied, "This, too, is the work of Alcibiades."
"Did Phidias express no anxiety concerning your unprotected situation?" inquired Philothea. "It was his wish that I should marry Pandaenus," answered Eudora; "but he urged the subject no farther, when he found that I regarded the marriage with aversion. On his death-bed he charged his nephew to protect and cherish me as a sister.
With some degree of embarrassment, Pandaenus answered, "I came to ask your protection; and that Eudora might for the present consider her as a sister, until I can restore her to her family." "It shall be so," replied Artaphernes; "but this is a very small part of the debt I owe the nephew of Phidias.
The maiden replied, "I have many reasons to be grateful to Pandaenus; and it was painful to refuse compliance with the wishes of my benefactor; but if Phidias had commanded me to obey him in this instance, my happiness would have been sacrificed. Of all countries in the world, there is none I so much wish to visit as Persia. Of that you may rest assured, my father."
He readily promised to intercede with his profligate kinsman, and immediately sent messengers in search of Pandaenus. Geta awaited intelligence with extreme impatience. He was grateful for many an act of kindness from Eudora; and he could not forget that she had been the cherished favourite of his beloved and generous master.
"The Eleans have given her the yearly revenues of a farm, in consideration of the affectionate care bestowed on her illustrious benefactor. Report says that Phidias wished to see her united to his nephew Pandaenus; but I have never heard of the marriage. Philaemon is supposed to be in Persia, instructing the sons of the wealthy satrap Megabyzus."
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