And when we had come to the Acropolis, he covered his head and wept, saying that he had
 been compelled to deny the debt because of lack of funds, but that he would try to repay
 me in a short time. He begged me to forgive him and to keep his misfortune secret, in
 order that he, as a receiver of deposits, might not be shown to have been culpable in such
 matters. In the belief that he repented of his past conduct I yielded, and bade him to
 devise a method, of any kind he wished, that his affairs might be in order and I receive
 back my money.