Diana drew closer to Rachel.
“I wish someone would come,” she murmured.
It was just then that a well-known voice made the children turn with joyful relief to see Sheshà. They knew him at once, though he was dressed in the Grecian costume to which they were now growing accustomed.
“Oh, we’re so glad you’ve come!” sighed Rachel. “It was getting lonely here. This is Olympia, isn’t it? But where is Agis?”
“And Phidolas?” put in Diana.
“This is Olympia, on the western shores of Greece. Here, when the sun has fully risen on this the first day of the games, will be held those contests renowned throughout the world. From every part of Greece the competitors have already arrived, Agis and Phidolas among them. The youths are lodged in yonder town; and in all the villages near, other athletes, as they are called, have found lodging. Ere long they will begin to assemble.”
“And you will tell us all about it!” exclaimed Diana. “Better than Agis, because you know who we are, and he can’t understand—lots of things. But he’s awfully nice,” she added hastily.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES