Hecuba

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Yes, you still have a share in fortune there.
Hecuba
  1. Well said, dear friend! how worthy of you!
Polymestor
  1. What next would you learn of me?
Hecuba
  1. has he any recollection of me his mother?
Polymestor
  1. Yes, he was longing to steal away here to you.
Hecuba
  1. Is the gold safe, which he brought with him from Troy?
Polymestor
  1. Safe under lock and key in my halls.
Hecuba
  1. Do save it, but do not desire your neighbor’s goods.
Polymestor
  1. Not I; may I benefit by what I have, lady!
Hecuba
  1. Do you know what I wish to say to you and your children?