ἐν βραχεῖ in sense=“βραχεῖαν”: “"this grace which you ask of me lies in a small compass"” (not, “"you ask me this favour in brief speech"”). The adverbial “ἐν βραχεῖ” does not go with the verb, but is equiv. to a predicative adj. agreeing with “χάριν”. Such phrases imply the omission of the partic. “ὤν”: so 29 “πέλας γὰρ ἄνδρα τόνδ᾽ ὁρῶ”: Ph. 26 “τοὔργον οὐ μακρὰν λέγεις” (the task which you set is not distant): El. 899 “ὡς δ᾽ ἐν γαλήνῃ πάντ᾽ ἐδερκόμην τόπον”. For “βραχεῖ” cp. 293, Plat. Legg. 641B “βραχύ τι...ὄφελος”.
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