Were any drops of blood upon the path?CreusaNone, she says; and yet she ranged the ground to and fro.IonHow long is it since the babe was destroyed?CreusaThy age and his would measure out the self-same span, were he alive.IonHath she given birth to no other child since then?CreusaThe god doth wrong her, and wretched is she in having no child.IonBut what if Phoebus privily removed her child, and is rearing it?CreusaThen is he acting unfairly in keeping to himself alone a joy he ought to share.IonAh me! this misfortune sounds so like my own.CreusaThee too, fair sir, thy poor mother misses, I am sure.