“I know it not.”
“They leave this day.”
“I have not said the word.”
“Thou hast promised.”
“I meant it not.”
“We have made ready.”
“That doth not matter.”
Then perceiving that the three had ceased their talking, and were watching him, he beckoned, and said, “Æole, come hither.”
She, with the others, approached.
He arose from his scanty meal, and in softened tone, inquired: