And still another heard. But Aphrodite,

Listening while Daniel sat, could smile

And wait; could think and wait. It was the time

For punishing this man who in his dreams

Refused her. She could wait and let it work—

The punishment she planned.

For she had looked

Last night along the valley, and seen coming,

Hapless on the highway, two small wanderers,

And said: They shall be mine.