Under such circumstances, answered Gobryas, the commandant would certainly admit him—aye, and would beg him to remain there until you went away.
Well then, said Cyrus, if he could but once get in, he would be in a position to put the fort in our hands?
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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