Menelaus. In there beyond the library you will find a room with a bath. Wait there till I call you.
Paris. Is this some trick to catch me?
Menelaus. A Spartan cannot lie.
Paris. What will happen to you if the King hears of this?
Menelaus. I will answer for the king. Go.
[Paris exits into the library.]
Analytikos [rubbing his hands]. Shall I order the boiling oil?
Menelaus [surprised]. Oil?
Analytikos. Now that he is being cleaned for the sacrifice.
Menelaus. His torture will be greater than being boiled alive.