"When that scoundrel emptied the till into his pocket he made up his mind there and then never to come back," said Ajax in my ear.

* "Gloriana's dun days must soon come to an end," said Ajax to me upon the eve of the wedding.

But they do so, for example, in the Ajax of Sophocles.

Forma Briseis mediis in armis movit Achillem, Achilles was moved in the midst of a battle by fair Briseis, Ajax by Tecmessa; Judith captivated that great Captain Holofernes: Dalilah, Samson; Rosamund, Henry the Second; Roxolana, Suleiman the Magnificent, &c. "[Greek: nika de kai sidaeron kai pur kalae tis ousa.]

" I touched Ajax with my foot, and coughed discreetly; for I knew my brother's weakness.

He gave me back my box, and asked Ajax for his matches.