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SYLVIA.
Doubtless it was great chance; and she had reason
To think me dead.
Doubtless it was great chance; and she had reason
To think me dead.
DAPHNE.
But not to tell us so.
Now tell us all thyself of thy escape.
But not to tell us so.
Now tell us all thyself of thy escape.
SYLVIA.
Following a wolf, I found myself immersed
In such a depth of trees, I lost the track.
While I was seeking how I should return,
I saw him again; I knew him by an arrow
Which I had fixed upon him by the ear.
He was with many others, occupied
With some dead animal, I know not what,
Which had been freshly slain. The wounded beast
Knew me, I think; for with his bloody mouth
He issued forth upon me. I expected him,
Following a wolf, I found myself immersed
In such a depth of trees, I lost the track.
While I was seeking how I should return,
I saw him again; I knew him by an arrow
Which I had fixed upon him by the ear.
He was with many others, occupied
With some dead animal, I know not what,
Which had been freshly slain. The wounded beast
Knew me, I think; for with his bloody mouth
He issued forth upon me. I expected him,
