CHAPTER THE NINETY-NINTH.
"I have always and everywhere lived such a life that each passing day was spent as though that light would never return; (that is, in tranquillity! Put aside those thoughts which worry you, if you wish to follow my lead.
Ascyltos persecutes you here; get out of his way.

I am about to start for foreign parts, you may come with me.

I have taken a berth on a vessel which will probably weigh anchor this very night.

I am well known on board, and we shall be well received.) Leave then thy home and seek a foreign shore Brave youth; for thee thy destiny holds more: To no misfortune yield! The Danube far Shall know thy spirit, and the polar star, And placid Nile, and they who dwell in lands Where sunrise starts, or they where sunset ends! A new Ulysses treads on foreign sands." (To me, this advice seemed both sound and practical, because it would free me from any annoyance by Ascyltos, and because it gave promise of a happier life.

I was overcome by the kindly sympathy of Eumolpus, and was especially sorry for the latest injury I had done him.