X.
THE ARENA.
Μεγάλα πρήγματα μεγάλοσι κινδύνοιισι.
—Herodotus, vii. 50.
Great results from great dangers.
- 1. An anxious friend.
- 2. Seti defends himself.
- 3. So does Aleph.
- 4. Who is to blame?
X.
THE ARENA.
An evening of such experiences as we have just described would be followed by a sleepless night in the case of most persons at the present day. But those were adventurous times; the element of uncertainty and peril entered into them far more largely than it does into our daily life; and the habit of coolly accepting the situation and accommodating themselves to it was common among men of standing and courage. So the reader must not be surprised to learn that our friends, after thanking Heaven for their preservation, slept about as soundly through the night as if they had suffered no narrow escape and were anticipating nothing but safety on the morrow.