Phocion

(Gravely.) Our preparations must be sure. You bring to-night the list of patriots?

First Citizen

It is drawn up (holds out scroll). Twenty names stand written here, each signed by his own hand, each guaranteeing three hundred men of arms——

Phocion

Whom we can trust?

First Citizen

The names are guarantee, as you will see—the best in Athens.

Second Citizen