Eri. And so, Clitidas?
Cli. If this account wearies you, Madam, I can put off the remainder for another occasion.
Eri. End it quickly.
Cli. It is, indeed, quickly that I shall end, for a grain of cowardice prevented me from seeing the details of the struggle, and all that I can tell you is that, when we came back to the spot, we found the boar dead and bleeding, and the princess full of joy, and proclaiming Sostratus her deliverer and your husband, according to the words spoken by the gods. When I heard this, I did not stop to hear any more, and I ran in search of you to bring you this piece of news.
Eri. Ah! Clitidas, you could never have given me a more welcome one.
Cli. Oh! here they are coming to find you.
SCENE II.——ARISTIONE, SOSTRATUS, ERIPHYLE, CLITIDAS.
Ari. I perceive, my daughter, that you already know everything which we are coming to tell you. You see that the gods have explained themselves sooner than we expected. The danger I have just run has told us what their will is, and it is easy to see that the choice comes from them, since merit alone shines in the selection they have made. Will it be repugnant to you to recompense with the gift of your heart the one to whom I owe my life, and will you refuse to accept Sostratus for your husband?
Eri. Both from the hands of the gods and from yours, Madam, I could receive no gift that would be disagreeable to me.
Sos. Is not this a glorious dream with which the gods wish to flatter me? Am I not to expect some dreadful awakenings which will plunge me back into all the baseness of my former fortune?