Then I am not to be the conqueror, as you said?OdysseusNeither will you be without them, nor they without you.NeoptolemusIt would seem, then, that we must track them down, if things stand as you say.OdysseusKnow that by doing this task, you win two rewards.NeoptolemusWhat are they? If I knew, I would not refuse the deed.OdysseusYou will be celebrated in the same breath as clever and as noble.NeoptolemusSo be it! I will do it, and cast off all shame.OdysseusDo you remember, then, the story that I recommended?NeoptolemusBe sure of it, since once and for all I have consented.OdysseusYou stay here, then, to wait for him. Meanwhile I will go away, so as not to be observed here with you,and I will send our lookout back to your ship. And, if in my view you seem to linger at all beyond the due time, I will send that same man back again, after disguising him as the captain of a merchant-ship, so that secrecy may be on our side.