ALCESTIS
from these scowl-faced looks and the tension in your
mind.
We are only human. Our thoughts should be human too,
since, for these solemn people and these people who
scowl, 800
the whole parcel of them, if I am any judge,
life is not really life but a catastrophe.
Servant
I know all that. But we have troubles on our hands
now, that make revelry and laughter out of place.
Heracles
The dead woman is out of the family. Do not mourn 805
too hard. The master and the mistress are still alive.
Servant
What do you mean, alive? Do you not know what
happened?
Heracles
Certainly, unless your master has lied to me.
Servant
He is too hospitable, too much.
Heracles
Should I not then
have enjoyed myself, because some outside woman was
dead? 810
Servant
She was an outsider indeed. That is too true.
Heracles
Has something happened that he did not tell me about?
Servant
Never mind. Go. Our masters' sorrows are our own.
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