Chapter 30: XXIX

XXIX The assembly seated, rising o’er the rest, Achilles thus the king of men addressed. Pope’s Illiad Cora stood foremost among the prisoners, entwining her arms in those of Alice, in the tenderness of sisterly love. Notwithstanding the fearful and menacing array of savages on every side of her, no apprehension on her own account could prevent the nobler-minded maiden from keeping her eyes fastened on the pale and anxious features of the trembling Alice. Close at their side …