Chapter 20Scene 3

The same. Eunice, Rodogune. RODOGUNE Will they not let me go and see him even? EUNICE We’ll make our way to him and out for him To Egypt, Egypt. RODOGUNE There’s only one joy left, To be with him whether we live or die. EUNICE You are too meek. Cleone helps us here Whatever be the spring of her strange pity. When we come back, Phayllus, we shall find out Whether the ingenuity of men Holds tortures huge enough for your deserts. RODOGUNE Why do you pace about with flaming eyes? Be still and sit and put your hand in mine. EUNICE My Parthian sweetness! O, the gods are cruel Who torture such a heart as thine. RODOGUNE Where is

Act V, Scene 3 My mother? EUNICE She is lying in her room Dry-eyed and voiceless, gazing upon Fate With eyes I dare not look at. Till tomorrow. At dawn we’ll have him out. Cleone bribes The sentries; Thoas has horses and a ship Wide-winged for Egypt, Egypt. RODOGUNE O yes, let us leave Syria and cruel Antioch. EUNICE For a while. I would have had him out tonight, my king, But ruffian Theras keeps the watch till dawn. How long will walls immure so huge a prisoner? Trial! When he returns in arms from Egypt, Try him, Phayllus. We must wait till dawn. RODOGUNE I shall behold him once again at dawn.