 | Achilles In Scyros |  |
SCENE II.
Enter Arcas in haste.Ulys.
[aside to Arc.]
Arcas, what means
Thy long delay?
Arc.
Let us with speed embark
Lest aught obstruct our purpose.
Ulys.
Say what mean'st thou?
Arc.
Depart, depart, and thou shall learn it all.
Ulys.
Give me at least some token.
Arc.
Deidamia,
Wild with her love, and blinded with her rage,
Pursues our steps: I could no longer stay her,
And flew before to bear the unwelcome tidings.
Ulys.
This dangerous meeting must not be, my Arcas.
Ach.
[returning impatient.]
Why do we linger thus?
Ulys.
Behold me ready.
Ach.
[to Arc.]
What cause disturbs thee thus? say, Arcas.
Arc.
Nothing.
Ulys.
Let us depart.
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[to Arc.]
What mean those frequent looks
Cast back with anxious search? What fear'st thou? Speak.
Ulys.
[aside.]
O! mighty Gods!
Arc.
[to Ach.]
My lord, I fear, perhaps—
The king perhaps may hear of our departure,
And seek by force to stay us.
Ach.
Seek by force?
Am I his prisoner then, and would he thus—
Ulys.
No—but 'tis prudent we should fly from all
That might detain us.
Ach.
Shall Achilles fly?
Ulys.
Let us not waste the time in vain delays:
Haste to the sea—the winds and waves invite us.
[takes Achilles by the hand, and goes with him towards the sea-shore.
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