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But I know for certain they embarked at daybreak.

And the dames from Acharnæ! why, I thought they would have been the very first to arrive.

Theagenes wife at any rate is sure to come; she has actually been to consult Hecaté. But look! here are some arrivals—and there are more behind. Ah! ha! now what countrywomen may they be?

They are from Anagyra.

Yes! upon my word, ’tis a levy en masse of all the female population of Anagyra!

Are we late, Lysistrata? Tell us, pray; what, not a word?

I cannot say much for you, Myrrhiné! you have not bestirred yourself overmuch for an affair of such urgency.