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Good gold is ready, if that tempteth thee.
DOLON.
We live at ease and have no care for gold.
HECTOR.
Well, Troy hath other treasures manifold.
DOLON.
Pay me not now, but when the Greeks are ta’en.
HECTOR.
The Greeks! . . . Choose any save the Atridae twain.
DOLON.
Kill both, an it please thee. I make prayer for none.
HECTOR.
Thou wilt not ask for Ajax, Ileus’ son[*]?
DOLON.
A princely hand is skilless at the plough.
HECTOR.
’Tis ransom, then? . . . What prisoner cravest thou?
DOLON.
I said before, of gold we have our fill.
HECTOR.
For spoils and armour . . . thou shalt choose at will.
DOLON.
Nail them for trophies on some temple wall.
HECTOR.
What seeks the man? What prize more rich than all?
DOLON.
Achilles’ horses![*] Murmurs of surprise.
Yes, I need a great
Prize. I am dicing for my life with Fate.
HECTOR.
’Fore God, I am thy rival, if thy love
Lies there. Undying was the breed thereof,
And these shall never die, who bear to war
Great Peleus’ son, swift gleaming like a star.
Poseidon, rider of the wild sea-drift,
Tamed them, men say, and gave them for his gift
To Peleus.—None the less, since I have stirred
Hopes, I will baulk them not. I pledge my word,
Achilles’ steeds, a rare prize, shall be thine.
DOLON.
I thank thee.—’Tis indeed a prize more fine
Than all in Troy.—
Grudge me not that; there be
Guerdons abundant for a Prince like thee.
Exit HECTOR.
195
CHORUS.[*]
O peril strange, O fearful prize!

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