"Father," said he, "be of good cheer, you have already recovered your daughter, and this night alone divides you from the presence of your son. To-morrow we will wait upon Mithranes, and do all in our power to ransom and free Theagenes."--"No wish is nearer to my heart," replied Calasiris, "but it is now time to break up our entertainment: let us remember the gods, and join with our libations, thanksgiving for my child's deliverance." Upon this the vases for libation were carried round, and the company dispersed. Calasiris looked about for Chariclea; and having long watched the crowd as they came out, and not seeing her, at length he inquired for her of one of the women, and by her information went into the temple, where he found her fallen into a deep sleep, embracing the feet of the image of the deity, wearied by long prayer, and exhausted by grief. He dropped a tear over her, breathed out a petition for her happiness, and, gently waking her, conducted her to his lodging, blushing at her imprudence, in having suffered herself to be surprised by sleep in such a place. Here, in her chamber, with the daughter of Nausicles, she laid herself down to rest, but wakefulness compelled her to ruminate upon her sorrows. [Footnote 1: οἷον προσεγέλα τῆ πρύμνη. "There, mildly dimpling, ocean's cheek Reflects the tints of many a peak Caught by the _laughing tides_ that lave These Edens of the eastern wave."--Byron. ".... ποντίων τὲ κυμάτων ἀνήριθμον γελασμα."--Æsch. P.V. 90. "... of ocean's waves The multitudinous smile." ] [Footnote 2: Ωξεῖαι.] [Footnote 3: "Qualis populeâ mœrens Philomela sub umbrâ Amissos queritur fœtus; quos durus arator Observans nido implumes detraxit; at illa Flet noctem, ramoque sedens miserabile carmen Integrat, et mœstus late loca questibus implet." Virg. G. iv. 511. ] [Footnote 4: Έρμαῖ--four-cornered stone pillars ending with a bust of Mercury, and set up in public places.] [Footnote 5: ἔλαθον σαγηνευθἐντες. For an account of the Persian mode of clearing a conquered country by joining hands and so sweeping the whole face of it, see Herod. vi. 31.] [Footnote 6: ".... Simul ac vaga luna decorum Protulit os."--Hor. I S. viii. 21. ] [Footnote 7: "A precious ring that lightens all the hole; Which like a taper in some monument Doth shine upon the dead man's earthy cheeks And shows the ragged entrails of this pit." Titus Andronicus. ] [Footnote 8: Σφενδόνη.] [Footnote 9: Aμἐθυστoς is compounded of the private particle α, and μέθυ, wine, or μεθύω, to be drunk.] [Footnote 10: In Longus, B. iv., there is a curious description of the effect produced upon Daphnis's goats, by the different notes which he plays upon his pipe.] [Footnote 11: ἐμβατήρια.--Literally, airs suitable for a march or an embarkation.]