454While the Lemnian father is hastening this on the Aeolian shores, the kindly light and the morning songs of birds beneath the eaves rouse Evander from his humble house. 457The old man rises and draws a tunic over his limbs and binds Tyrrhenian sandals round his feet; 459then he straps a Tegean sword to his side and shoulders, throwing back a panther skin that hangs from his left. 461Two guardian dogs, too, go before him from the high threshold and accompany their master's steps. 463The hero was making for the lodging and seclusion of his guest Aeneas, mindful of their talk and of the help he had promised. 465No less early was Aeneas astir.
466With the one went his son Pallas, with the other Achates as companion. 467Meeting, they join right hands and sit down in the middle of the house and at last enjoy free conversation. 469The king first speaks thus: