But what was there in the Military Harbour defended by a triple wall?
Then behind the town, at the back of Megara, and higher than the Acropolis, appeared Hamilcar's palace.
Matho's eyes were directed thither every moment.

He would ascend the olive trees and lean over with his hand spread out above his eyebrows.
The gardens were empty, and the red door with its black cross remained constantly shut.
More than twenty times he walked round the ramparts, seeking some breach by which he might enter.

One night he threw himself into the gulf and swam for three hours at a stretch.

He reached the foot of the Mappalian quarter and tried to climb up the face of the cliff.

He covered his knees with blood, broke his nails, and then fell back into the waves and returned.
His impotence exasperated him.