human
My lord, said the veteran soldier to the girl,
gpt
Yes--I will go back to the place I came from, said Klea eagerly, interrupting the messenger.
human
Take me at once to the chariot.
gpt
Follow me, then,
human
But I have no veil, observed Klea,
gpt
I will bring you the captain's cloak which is lying here in the orderly's room, and his travelling-hat too; that will hide your face with its broad flap. You are so tall that you might be taken for a man, and that is well, for a woman leaving the palace at this hour would hardly pass unmolested. A slave shall fetch the things from your temple to-morrow. I may inform you that my master ordered me take as much care of you as if you were his own daughter. And he told me too--and I had nearly forgotten it--to tell you that your sister was carried off by the Roman, and not by that other dangerous man, you would know whom he meant. Now wait, pray, till I return; I shall not be long gone.