TSUMU goes to the
window.]
TSUMU. They are changing the guards at the gates of the palace.
It's almost time for your bath. [She begins scraping the massage
ointment back into the box.]
HELENA. You're as careful with that ointment as Moo Moo is with
me.
TSUMU. Precious things need precious guarding.
HELENA. It's very short-sighted on Moo Moo's part to send
everybody to the galleys who dares lift a head when I pass by --
and all those nice-looking soldiers! Why -- the only men I ever
see besides Moo Moo are Analytikos and a lot of useless eunuchs.
TSUMU. Oh, those eunuchs!
HELENA [as she sits dreaming]. I wish, I wish ---- [She stops
short.]
TSUMU. You have but to speak your desire to the King.
HELENA [shocked]. Tsumu! How can you think of such a thing? I'm
not a bad woman.
TSUMU. He would die for you.
HELENA [relieved]. Ah! Do you think so, Tsumu?
TSUMU. All Sparta knows that His Majesty is a lover of peace, and
yet he would rush into battle to save you.
HELENA. I should love to have men fighting for me.
TSUMU [in high alarm]. May Zeus turn a deaf ear to your voice.
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