"You suspect unhappily," answered he, "he does not envy, but laments somewhat that he has lost." (59) Then turning to Apollonius, with a smiling countenance, he said, "Young man, feast with us to-day, and hope that God has better things in store for you." As he thus endeavoured to raise the drooping spirits of the youth, his daughter, a beautiful girl, entered; and first kissed her father, and then those who were his guests[1]. When she had gone through this ceremony, she returned to the king, and said, "My dear father, who is that young man reclining opposite to you, in the place of honour; and whose grief appears so excessive?" "Sweet daughter," answered he, "that is a ship-wrecked youth, who pleased me to-day in the gymnasium; therefore I invited him to supper; but who he is I know not. If you wish to ascertain this, ask him—it becomes you to know all things; and perhaps, when you are made acquainted with his
- ↑ This presents us a family picture, rather than the delineation of a Court; but they were primitive times, and more forcibly than any other circumstance, these touches denote the high antiquity of the stories.
