Chr. That should convince you, and then the dying message he sent.

Men. What’s that?

Chr.The tale you know. The old Corinthian widow,

Whose daughter he was in love with . . .

Men.Did they say, may I ask,

All this in Persian?

Chr.One did: yes—but I confess,

That in spite of a few expressions I was able to understand,

I had to trust very much to the one that interpreted.

Men. But him I should understand?