Analytikos. Circumstances alter treaties. They will mean nothing.
Menelaus. Nothing?
Analytikos. No more than a scrap of papyrus. Sparta will fight to regain her Queen.
Menelaus. But I don't want her back.
Analytikos. Can you tell that to Sparta? Remember, the King can do no wrong. Last night I dreamed of war.
Menelaus. No! No! Don't say that. After the scandal I can't be expected to fight to get her back.
Analytikos. Sparta will see with the eyes of chivalry.
Menelaus [fuming]. But I don't believe in war.
Analytikos [still obdurate]. Have you forgotten the oath pledged of old, with Ulysses and Agamemnon? They have sworn, if ever the time came, to fight and defend the Queen.
Menelaus [bitterly]. I didn't think of the triple alliance.