She was pleased; for she esteemed Gorgias, and had secretly feared that she might be forced to grieve him by a refusal, but he seemed as if created for her sister.

Her arrival had probably interrupted them so, turning to Helena, she exclaimed: "I must see my mother and our grandparents.

Meanwhile entertain our friend here.

We know each other well.

He is one of the few men who can be trusted.