. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. er.—Spenser,Faery Queen v. 6 (1596), Paul and Florence Dombey h jr\ AULS favorite spot was quite a lonely one, far away from mostJ. loungers ; and with Florence sitting at his side at work or readingto him, or talking to him, and the wind blowing on his face, and thewater coming up among the wheels of his bed, he wanted nothing more. * * * Another time, in the same place, he fell asleep. * * *Awaking suddenly, he listened, started up and sat listening. Florence asked him what he thought he beard. I want to know what it says, he answered,
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. er.—Spenser,Faery Queen v. 6 (1596), Paul and Florence Dombey h jr\ AULS favorite spot was quite a lonely one, far away from mostJ. loungers ; and with Florence sitting at his side at work or readingto him, or talking to him, and the wind blowing on his face, and thewater coming up among the wheels of his bed, he wanted nothing more. * * * Another time, in the same place, he fell asleep. * * *Awaking suddenly, he listened, started up and sat listening. Florence asked him what he thought he beard. I want to know what it says, he answered, looking steadily in herface. The sea, Floy, what is it that it keeps on saying ? She told him that it was only the noise of the rolling waves. Yes ! yes ! he said. But I know that they are always saying some-thing. Always the same thing ! What place is over there ? He rose eagerly at the bori:{on. She told him that there was another country opposite, but he said hedidnt mean that; he meant farther away^arther away. Dickens Dombey and DOLON AND ULYSSES 327 DOM-DANIEL Doloii and Ulysses. Dolon under-took to enter the Greek camp and bringword back to Hector an exact account ofeverything. Accordingly he put on awolfs skin and prowled about the campon all fours. Ulysses saw through thedisguise, and said to Diomed, Yonderman is from the host . . well let himpass a few paces, and then pounce on himunexpectedly. They soon caught the fel-low, and having pumped out of him allabout the Trojan plans, and the arrival ofRhesus, Diomed smote him with his fal-chion on the mid-neck and slew is the subject .of bk. x. of the Iliadand therefore this book is called Dolonia ( the deeds of Dolon or Dolophonia( Dolons murder). Full of cunning, like Ulysses whistleWhen he allui-ed poor Dolon. Byron, Don Juan, xiii. 105 (1824). Dolopatos, the Sicilian king, whoplaced his son Lucien under the charge ofseven wise masters, When grown tomans estate, Luciens step-mother madeimprop
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