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| Thetis. | Prudence thus to watch compels, That Turkish inches don't mean Dardanelles. |
| Prosperine. | I don't know why I should be "sat upon." |
| Thetis. | You say your armour Conscience buckled on;— Then just continue in consistent strain, And let your Conscience take it off again. |
| Prosperine. | Was it for this I left my Pluto's halls? |
| Thetis. | Is it for this you threaten Stamboul's walls? |
| Prosperine. | To please you, I forbade my troops go nigher,— |
| Thetis. | By "special message." They advanced by wire. |
| Minerva | Come, Sister Goddesses, as President, I cannot say I think this time well spent;— Eh, Hebe? |
| Hebe. | Just so. It makes little odds To me, how things go; so the other gods Are satisfied. The Adriatic Sea Belongs (as all will own) by right to me:— So that is taken for granted. |
| Juno. | How do you know? Perhaps there may be some small share for Juno. What have you for this new-found claim to show. |
| Hebe. | My yachts—Duilio and Dandolo. |
| Juno. | Mistake not youth for strength,—nor trust to them;— "Ex pede (not 'ex Hebe') Herculem." |
