DAPHNE
"I presume an oracle's always is. No, I did not follow it."
"Antigone, Antigone," he murmured.
"Why Antigone?" demanded the girl.
"Because your duty is dearer to you than life, and love."
"Please go down there," said the girl impetuously, "and play Antigone for me. Make me see it and feel it. I have been sitting here for an hour wishing that I could realize here a tragedy of long ago."
He bowed submissively.
"Commands from Cæsar's seat must always be obeyed," he observed. "Do you know Greek, Antigone?"
She nodded.
"I know part of this play by heart," she faltered. "My father taught me Greek words when I was small enough to ride his foot."
He stepped down among the sheep to the grassy stage, laying aside his hat and letting the
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