Anthony. "I was thinking.... Oh! nothing!"
Damis (approaches Apollonius, and walks all round him several times, bending himself as he walks, never raising his head:—)
"Master, here is a Galilean hermit who desires to know the beginnings of wisdom."
Apollonius. "Let him approach!" (Anthony hesitates.)
Damis. "Approach!"
Apollonius (in a voice of thunder:—)
"Approach! Thou wouldst know who I am, what I have done, and what I think,—is it not so, child?"
Anthony. "Always supposing that these things can contribute to the salvation of my soul."
Apollonius. "Rejoice! I am about to inform thee of them!"
Damis (in an undertone, to Anthony:—)