[1] Thalamegii—pleasure-boats having apartments.
[III]
(When she has disappeared in the distance, Anthony observes a child seated upon the threshold of his cabin.)
"It is one of the Queen's servants, no doubt," (he thinks).
(This child is small like a dwarf, and nevertheless squat of build, like one of the Cabiri; deformed withal, and wretched of aspect. His prodigiously large head is covered with white hair; and he shivers under a shabby tunic, all the while clutching a roll of papyrus. The light of the moon passing through a cloud falls upon him.)
Anthony
(watches him from a distance, and is afraid of him.) "Who art thou?"
The Child (replies). "Thy ancient disciple, Hilarion."