Leader: Nay, if these measures give any ground of confidence, we think
that thy design is not amiss.
Deianeira: Well, the ground stands thus,- there is a fair promise;
but I have not yet essayed the proof.
Leader: Nay, knowledge must come through action; thou canst have no
test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
Deianeira: Well, we shall know presently:- for there I see the man
already at the doors; and he will soon be going.- Only may my secret
be well kept by you! While thy deeds are hidden, even though they
be not seemly, thou wilt never be brought to shame. (Lichas enters
from the house.)
Lichas: What are thy commands? Give me my charge, daughter of Oeneus;
for already I have tarried over long.
Deianeira: Indeed, I have just been seeing to this for thee, Lichas,
while thou wast speaking to the stranger maidens in the house;- that
thou shouldest take for me this long robe, woven by mine own hand,
a gift to mine absent lord.
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