Creon.—Speak, and I then shall hear.
Œdipus.—That thou should’st send me far away from home?
Creon.—Thou askest what the gods alone can give.
Œdipus.—And yet I go most hated of the gods.
Creon.—And therefore it may chance thou gain’st thy wish.
Œdipus.—And dost thou promise, then, to grant it me?
Creon.—I am not wont to utter idle words.
Œdipus.—Lead me then hence.
Creon.—Go thou, but leave the girls.
Œdipus.—Ah! take them not from me.