Come within. Sit thee down.

Tel.So will I gladly.

Ere I would venture to the house, I came

To talk with thee, and learn if aught has passed.

My mother?...

Eum.All is well, prince, yet; she bides

Patient and brave, and weeps both day and night;

Weeps too for thee. Give me thy spear, my son.

Now sit thee down. I say we have feared for thee.

Tel. (to Ul.). Nay, rise not, stranger; there be other seats,