And what of thine Arcadian mate, who bears
Suspicion from thy grandsire of thy death,
For whom, as I suppose, thou passest here?
Æpytus
Sworn to our plot he is; if false surmise
Fix him the author of my death, I know not.
Merope
Proof, not surmise, shows him in commerce close——
Æpytus
With this Messenian tyrant—that I know.
Merope
And entertain'st thou, child, such dangerous friends?
Æpytus