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" "Not another if! on the contrary, know that I consider thy petition for the punishment of Gyges so imprudent, that I refuse to grant it.

Now leave me and appear not again before mine eyes until I summon thee! Yesterday I gained a son, only to lose him to-day.

Rise! I demand no tokens of a love and humility, which thou hast never felt.

Go to the priests when thou needest comfort and counsel, and see if they can supply a father's place.