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Theoklymenus.
This rests with thee, so thou yield me true love. 1425
Helen.
I shall not need to learn to love my love.
Theoklymenus.
Wouldst have myself for escort and for aid?
Helen.
Nay, be not servant to thy servants, King.
Theoklymenus.
Away then: Pelopid wont is nought to me.
Mine house is unpolluted, since not here 1430
Did Menelaus die. Let some one go
And bid my vassal-kings bring marriage-gifts
Unto mine halls. Let all the land break forth
In shouts of happy spousal hymns for Helen
And me, that all may triumph in my joy. 14335
Thou, stranger, go, and into the sea's arms
These offerings cast to Helen's sometime lord,
Then homeward speed again with this my wife,
That, having shared with me her spousal-feast,
Thou may'st fare home, or here abide in bliss. 1440
[Exit.
Attendants pass on with the offerings.
Menelaus.
Zeus, Father art thou called, and the Wise God:
Look upon us, and from our woes redeem;
And, as we drag our fortunes up the steep,