‘You have led a strange life! I have heard of your adventures.’
‘A king who has lost his crown may generally gain at least experience.’
‘Your courage is firm.’
‘I have felt too much to care for much. Yesterday I was a vagabond exposed to every pitiless storm, and now I am the guest of Jove. While there is life there is hope, and he who laughs at Destiny will gain Fortune. I would go through the past again to enjoy the present, and feel that, after all, I am my wife’s debtor, since, through her conduct, I can gaze upon you.’
‘No great spectacle. If that be all. I wish you better fortune.’
‘I desire no greater.’
‘You are moderate.’
‘I am perhaps more unreasonable than you imagine.’
‘Indeed!’
Their eyes met; the dark orbs of the Thessalian did not quail before the flashing vision of the Goddess. Juno grew pale. Juno turned away.