My sister—I would fain obtain her from him,
That I to her relations might restore her——”
All this preamble comes at last to this.
I am excluded, he’s admitted. Why?
But that you love him more than me, and fear
Lest this young captive win your hero from you.
Thais. Do I fear that?
Phæd. Why, prithee now, what else?
Does he bring gifts alone? didst e’er perceive
My bounty shut against you? Did I not,