What can now be done to save Irene from him?
I cannot endure the thought of seeing her abandoned to his clutches, and I will not permit it to happen.
"Do not you think that we ought to take the water-bearers under our charge ?" "Not only we ought but we must," said Publius decisively; "and if we did not we should be contemptible wretches.

Since the recluse took me into his confidence I feel as if it were my duty to watch over these girls whose parents have been stolen from them, as if I were their guardian--and you, my Lysias, shall help me.

The elder sister is not now very friendly towards me, but I do not esteem her the less for that; the younger one seems less grave and reserved than Klea; I saw how she responded to your smile when the procession broke up.

Afterwards, you did not come home immediately any more than I did, and I suspect that it was Irene who detained you.

Be frank, I earnestly beseech you, and tell me all; for we must act in unison, and with thorough deliberation, if we hope to succeed in spoiling Euergetes' game." "I have not much to tell you," replied the Corinthian.