His beautiful eyes moistened. He whispered, “It hath come, it hath come!”
Long they communed before Æole bethought her of the two that had gone off to speak with the captain. “Where can they be?” she exclaimed.
“Who?”
“Hellen and Electra. Never have I thought of them!”
“It is with thought they are staying away.”
“What meanest thou?”
“When Hellen took off Electra, he meant not to come back. Without doubt, he hath made it known to her; and she, of her feeling, hath asked that they visit the queen.”
“What hath he made known to her?”
“That I wished to be alone with thee.”
“Didst thou speak thus to Hellen?”