I am
not made for such supreme felicity. Epirus is my mistress, my Nicaeus.
As there is a living God, my friend, most solemnly I vow, I have had no
thoughts in this affair, but for your honour."
"I know it, my dear friend, I know it," replied Nicaeus. "I keenly feel
your admirable worth. Say no more, say no more! She is a fit wife for
a hero, and you are one!"
CHAPTER 20
After the battle of the bridge, Iskander had hurried to Croia without
delay. In his progress, he had made many fruitless inquiries after
Iduna and Nicaeus, but he consoled himself for the unsatisfactory
answers he received by the opinion that they had taken a different
course, and the conviction that all must now be safe. The messenger
from Croia that informed Hunniades of the escape of his daughter, also
solicited his aid in favour of Epirus against the impending invasion of
the Turks, and stimulated by personal gratitude as well as by public
duty, Hunniades answered the solicitation in person at the head of
twenty thousand lances.
Hunniades and Iskander had mutually flattered themselves, when apart,
that each would be able to quell the anxiety of the other on the
subject of Iduna.
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