But duty to my father—

Cleom. Say no more!

I would not curse thee, for thou wert my friend.

I think thee still as honest as thou couldst;

Impenetrably good; but, like Achilles,

Thou hadst a soft Egyptian heel undipt,

And that has made thee mortal.

Cas. Cleanthes, thou hast well approved thy faith;

And, as this palace is thy government,

On utmost peril of thy life secure him.—