TSUMU. Oh, those eunuchs!
HELENA [as she sits dreaming]. I wish, I wish—— [She stops short.]
TSUMU. You have but to speak your desire to the King.
HELENA [shocked]. Tsumu! How can you think of such a thing? I'm not a bad woman.
TSUMU. He would die for you.
HELENA [relieved]. Ah! Do you think so, Tsumu?
TSUMU. All Sparta knows that His Majesty is a lover of peace, and yet he would rush into battle to save you.
HELENA. I should love to have men fighting for me.
TSUMU [in high alarm]. May Zeus turn a deaf ear to your voice.
HELENA. Don't be impertinent, Tsumu. I've got to have some sort of amusement.