Their kindness, indeed, was only equalled by their
ceaseless curiosity, and had they ever waited for the answers of Iduna
to their questions, the daughter of Hunniades might, perhaps, have been
somewhat puzzled to reconcile her responses with probability. Helena
answered the questions of Alexina; Lais anticipated even Helena. All
that Iduna had to do was to smile and be silent, and it was universally
agreed that Iskander was singularly shy as well as excessively
handsome. In the meantime, when Nicaeus met Iduna in the evening of the
second day of their visit, he informed her that he had been so
fortunate as to resume an acquaintance with an old companion in arms in
the person of a neighbouring noble, who had invited them to rest at his
castle at the end of their next day's journey. He told her likewise
that he had dispatched a courier to Croia to inquire after Iskander,
who, he expected, in the course of a few days, would bring them
intelligence to guide their future movements, and decide whether they
should at once proceed to the capital of Epirus, or advance into
Bulgaria, in case Hunniades was still in the field.
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