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proclamation! So different it was from that hate-
-ful ‘Come with three days’ rations apiece !’”

T. “Yes; but remember Cerberus down there.
With his blustering and barking he may do what he
did when he was up here, and hinder us from drag-
ging the lovely goddess out.of her cave.”

ffus. “Winder us! Nothing shall tear her from
us, if we only once get hold of her.”

T. “TI tell you that you'll be the ruin of the whole
business with your dancing and singing. Why can’t
you keep your tongues and your feet still?”

The husbandmen protested that they could not
help themselves. Their legs would dance whether
they wished or not. All Trygeeus’s cautions and
exhortations were in vain. They begged for only
one more turn with the right leg, and when this
was granted, for only one turn with the left, and
wound up with a vigorous movement of both.
“Wait,” cried Trygeus, “ till you’ve got her safe.
Then you may really rejoice.” So delighted was
he with the prospect that he broke out into a
song :—

‘* Oh, then you'll have time to laugh and to shout,
To stop in your homes, or go sailing about,
To feast and to sleep and the £ottabos? play,
To be merry all night, and be merry all day.”

1 A favourite game among the Greeks. ‘There were various forms
of it, the most easily described being one in which the object of the
players was to sink a number of little saucers that were floating about
in a bowl of water by throwing wine into them from a distance,