And you have well deserved it: for if I
Were in my turn to count up all the kindness
That you have shown to me, day would grow night
Before the tale were told. Were you my slave,
You could have shown no greater zeal to serve me.”
Hegio is moved to tears, and exclaims:—
“O ye gods!
Behold the honest nature of these men!
They draw tears from me. Mark how cordially
They love each other! and what praise the servant