At this point Jocasta observes with unpleasant surprise: “What do you think? Is Polybus dead, old man?” (Scene III) At this point the messenger tries to convince him to return but he declares that he will never return. Then the messenger goes on to say that his worries are in vain because Polybus was not really his father. Jocasta calls Oedipus and they both begin to think that perhaps they have defeated fate after all. However, Oedipus still has doubts. “Know that he had received you as a gift from my hands long ago.” (Scene III) The messenger tells Oedipus that he saved him from the mountain where he found him and that he gave him to the king of Corinth in the hope that the child would become a king. As Jocasta begins to understand, she begs Oedipus to leave things alone because it's better this way. There is much admiration for Oedipus' resolve to discover the truth, but he does not know that such things took place..