"Of course," Hyacinthe said, puzzled, though his hands continued to caress. "Why should they not? I am know Hellenic scholar--or much of a scholar at all--so I know comparatively little. But the D'Angelines revere the Hellenes for their great works of art and literature and science. And you cannot get the Caerdicci to stop talking about them, for they declare themselves to be the spiritual successors to the Hellenes, with Rome."