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Later, when they were drinking after their 1 meal, Hystaspas asked: Pray, Cyrus, would you be displeased with me, if I were to ask you something that I wish to know from you?
Why, no; by the gods, no, he answered; on the contrary, I should be displeased with you if I found that you refrained from asking something that you wished to ask.
Tell me, then, said the other, did I ever fail to come when you sent for me?
Hush! 2 said Cyrus.
Or, obeying, did I ever obey reluctantly?
No; nor that.
Or did I ever fail to do your bidding in anything?
I make no such accusation, answered Cyrus.
And is there anything I did that you found me doing otherwise than eagerly or cheerfully?
That, least of all, answered Cyrus.
Later, when they were drinking after their 1 meal, Hystaspas asked: Pray, Cyrus, would you be displeased with me, if I were to ask you something that I wish to know from you?
Why, no; by the gods, no, he answered; on the contrary, I should be displeased with you if I found that you refrained from asking something that you wished to ask.
Tell me, then, said the other, did I ever fail to come when you sent for me?
Hush! 2 said Cyrus.
Or, obeying, did I ever obey reluctantly?
No; nor that.
Or did I ever fail to do your bidding in anything?
I make no such accusation, answered Cyrus.
And is there anything I did that you found me doing otherwise than eagerly or cheerfully?
That, least of all, answered Cyrus.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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