Will you then restore tranquillity to an anxious father's heart, will you-- ?" "I will, Phanes, I will!" cried the aged woman in undisguised delight.
"You are not asking me for any thing, you are presenting me with a gift.
Oh, how I look forward already to their arrival! And how glad Sappho will be, when the little creatures come and enliven her solitude! But this I can assure you, Phanes, I shall not let my little guests depart with the first Thracian ship.

You can surely afford to be separated from them one short half-year longer, and I promise you they shall receive the best lessons, and be guided to all that is good and beautiful." "On that head I have no fear," answered Phanes, with a thankful smile.
"But still you must send off the two little plagues by the first ship; my anxiety as to Psamtik's revenge is only too well grounded.

Take my most heartfelt thanks beforehand for all the love and kindness which you will show to my children.

I too hope and believe, that the merry little creatures will be an amusement and pleasure to Sappho in her lonely life." "And more," interrupted Rhodopis looking down; "this proof of confidence repays a thousand-fold the disgrace inflicted on me last night in a moment of intoxication .-- But here comes Sappho!".