this night, and to-morrow morning meet me at the river bank, and we

shall go on together, and for the rest may the spirits of our fathers

So we kissed each other, and Macropha went on secretly with the

Now at the dawning on the morrow I summoned the men whom the king had

given me, and we started upon our journey. When the sun was well up we

came to the banks of the river, and there I found my wife Macropha,

and with her the two children. They rose as I came, but I frowned at

my wife and she gave me no greeting. Those with me looked at her