Charon Wait a bit! Fares first, please. Your fare, Micyllus; every one else has paid; one penny. Micyllus You don’t expect to get a penny out of the poor cobbler?
You’re joking, Charon; or else this is what they call a ‘castle in the air.’ I know not whether your penny is square or round. Charon A fine paying trip this, I must say! However,—all ashore! I must fetch the horses, cows, dogs, and other livestock. Their turn comes now. Clotho You can take charge of them for the rest of the way, Hermes. I am crossing again to see after the Chinamen, Indopatres and Heramithres. They have been fighting about boundaries, and have killed one another by this time. Hermes Come, shades, let us get on;—follow me, I mean, in single file.