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Helen.

Of all things chiefly, needs must thou be there,
And all thy crew which from the wreck escaped. 1070


Menelaus.

Let me but at her moorings find a ship,
And man by man shall they stand girt with swords.


Helen.

'Tis thou must order all: let wafting winds
But fill the sail, and good speed to the keel!


Menelaus.

This shall be, for the Gods will end my toils. 1075
But of whom wilt thou say thou heard'st my death?


Helen.

Of thee. Say, thou alone escapedst doom,
Who sail'dst with Atreus' son, and saw'st him die.


Menelaus.

Yea, and these rags about my body cast
Shall witness as to salvage from the wreck. 1080


Helen.

In season saved, nigh out of season lost!
That sore mischance may turn to fortune fair.


Menelaus.

Into the palace with thee shall I pass,
Or by the tomb here tarry sitting still?

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