CASSANDRA.
Time was, I held it shame hereof to speak.
ELDER.
Ah, shame is for the mighty, not the weak.
CASSANDRA.
We wrestled, and his breath to me was sweet.
ELDER.
Ye came to the getting of children, as is meet?
CASSANDRA.
I swore to Loxias, and I swore a lie.
ELDER.
Already thine the gift of prophecy?
CASSANDRA.
Already I showed my people all their path.
ELDER.
And Loxias did not smite thee in his wrath?
CASSANDRA.
After that sin … no man believed me more.
ELDER.
Nay, then, to us thy wisdom seemeth sure.