"You have not told me to whom I am to apply."
"I thought you knew. To the Lady Damaris."
"Why, she is said to be a Christian."
"That does not invalidate her rights."
"No; but it causes me surprise that it should be herself who refuses freedom to Chione. I know many cases where she has freely granted it."
"She is an enigma, and so are all these people. It is not worth talking about. I don't believe she'd prosecute her claim to Chione, did she know Chione and Leontium were one and the same person."
During this colloquy Chione had sat motionless as a statue, and had seemed so absorbed in her own thoughts as to be unmindful of what was said. On its being ended, she rose, and requested Magas to call for her litter. When he had departed to do so, she turned to Lotis, and said earnestly:
"Lotis, when you return to Athens, will you do me a favor?"
"Assuredly, I will."