The guest chambers lie apart, whereto we will conduct thee.HeraclesLet me go; ten thousandfold shall be my thanks to thee.AdmetusThou must not go to any other hearth. (To a Servant.) Go before, open the guest-rooms that face not these chambers, and bid my stewards see there is plenty of food; then shut the doors that lead into the courtyard; for ’tis not seemly that guests when at their meat should hear the voice of weeping or be made sad. [Exit HERACLES.ChorusWhat doest thou? With such calamity before thee, hast thou the heart, Admetus, to welcome visitors? What means this folly?