Trusty to him, adverse to the ill-minded,And, in all else, the same: no signet-impressHaving done harm to, in that time’s duration.I know nor pleasure, nor blameworthy converseWith any other man more than — bronze-dippings! HERALD.Such boast as this — brimful of the veracious —Is, for a high-born dame, not bad to send forth!CHOROS.Ay, she spoke thus to thee — that hast a knowledgeFrom clear interpreters — a speech most seemly.But speak thou, herald! Meneleos I ask of:If he, returning, back in safety alsoWill come with you — this land’s beloved chieftain?HERALD.There’s no way I might say things false and pleasantFor friends to reap the fruits of through a long time.CHOROS.How then if, speaking good, things true thou chance on?HERALD.For not well-hidden things become they, sundered.