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[110] δὴ ἄῤ (unusual hiatus) ἔμελλε. This means ‘she now thought of packing up and going home;’ the actual preparations, described by “ζεύξασα καὶ πτύξασα”, are not begun till inf. 252. The two participles here give a nearer definition of “νέεσθαι”.

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