Megapenthes I am ready, moreover, to furnish sureties for my quickness and my reappearance. If you wish it, I will even provide you a substitute in my place in the person of my one beloved son. Klotho You wretch, him whom you have often prayed you might leave behind you? Megapenthes That used to be my prayer, but now I see the better course. Klotho He, too, will join you soon, slain by the new king.