[produced] [by] [david] [widger] [a] [wonder-book] [for] [girls] [and] [boys] [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] [the] [gorgon's] [head] [contents] [:] [tanglewood] [porch] [introductory] [to] ["] [the] [gorgon] ['s] [head] ["] [the] [gorgon's] [head] [tanglewood] [porch] [after] [the] [story] the author has long been of opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into [very] capital reading for children [.] 1 the 2 author 2 author 3 has 3 has 5 been 4 long 5 been 5 been 6 of 5 been 23 for 6 of 7 opinion 8 that 9 many 9 many 10 of 9 many 14 were 10 of 13 myths 11 the 13 myths 12 classical 13 myths 14 were 15 capable 15 capable 16 of 15 capable 19 into 16 of 17 being 17 being 18 rendered 17 being 19 into 19 into 22 reading 21 capital 22 reading 22 reading 23 for 23 for 24 children in the little volume here offered to the public , he has worked up half a dozen of them , with this end in view [.] 1 in 4 volume 1 in 10 , 1 in 11 he 2 the 4 volume 3 little 4 volume 4 volume 5 here 4 volume 6 offered 6 offered 7 to 7 to 9 public 8 the 9 public 11 he 12 has 12 has 13 worked 13 worked 14 up 13 worked 17 dozen 15 half 16 a 16 a 17 dozen 17 dozen 18 of 17 dozen 21 with 18 of 19 them 20 , 21 with 21 with 23 end 22 this 23 end 23 end 24 in 24 in 25 view they remain essentially the same , after changes that would affect the identity of almost anything else [.] 1 they 2 remain 2 remain 3 essentially 2 remain 5 same 2 remain 7 after 4 the 5 same 6 , 7 after 7 after 8 changes 8 changes 9 that 8 changes 10 would 9 that 10 would 10 would 11 affect 11 affect 13 identity 12 the 13 identity 13 identity 14 of 14 of 16 anything 15 almost 16 anything 16 anything 17 else no epoch of time can claim [a] copyright in these immortal fables [.] 1 no 2 epoch 2 epoch 3 of 2 epoch 5 can 3 of 4 time 5 can 6 claim 6 claim 8 copyright 6 claim 9 in 8 copyright 9 in 9 in 12 fables 10 these 12 fables 11 immortal 12 fables children possess an unestimated sensibility to whatever is deep or high , in imagination or feeling , so long as it is simple , likewise [.] 1 children 2 possess 2 possess 5 sensibility 2 possess 10 or 3 an 5 sensibility 4 unestimated 5 sensibility 5 sensibility 6 to 6 to 7 whatever 7 whatever 8 is 9 deep 10 or 10 or 11 high 11 high 13 in 11 high 25 likewise 12 , 13 in 13 in 15 or 13 in 24 , 14 imagination 15 or 15 or 16 feeling 15 or 17 , 15 or 19 long 17 , 19 long 18 so 19 long 19 long 20 as 19 long 24 , 20 as 21 it 21 it 22 is 22 is 23 simple it is only the artificial and the complex that bewilder them [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 only 2 is 6 and 4 the 5 artificial 5 artificial 6 and 6 and 8 complex 6 and 9 that 6 and 10 bewilder 7 the 8 complex 9 that 10 bewilder 10 bewilder 11 them [lenox] [,] [@date@] [.] [the] [gorgon's] [head] [tanglewood] [porch] [introductory] [to] ["] [the] [gorgon's] [head] [.] ["] there was a prospect of as fine a day as ever gladdened the aspect of this [beautiful] and comfortable world [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 prospect 2 was 10 as 3 a 4 prospect 4 prospect 5 of 5 of 9 day 6 as 7 fine 6 as 8 a 7 fine 8 a 8 a 9 day 10 as 20 world 11 ever 12 gladdened 12 gladdened 20 world 13 the 14 aspect 14 aspect 15 of 14 aspect 18 and 15 of 16 this 18 and 19 comfortable 18 and 20 world this body of white [vapor] extended [to] within less than a hundred yards of the house [.] 1 this 2 body 2 body 3 of 2 body 6 extended 3 of 4 white 6 extended 8 within 8 within 13 yards 9 less 10 than 10 than 12 hundred 11 a 12 hundred 12 hundred 13 yards 13 yards 14 of 14 of 16 house 15 the 16 house four or five [miles] off to the [southward] rose the summit of [monument] [mountain] , and seemed to be floating on a cloud [.] 1 four 2 or 2 or 3 five 2 or 16 and 5 off 6 to 5 off 11 summit 5 off 16 and 6 to 9 rose 7 the 9 rose 10 the 11 summit 11 summit 12 of 12 of 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 seemed 17 seemed 18 to 17 seemed 19 be 18 to 19 be 19 be 20 floating 20 floating 21 on 21 on 23 cloud 22 a 23 cloud the [nearer] hills [,] [which] [bordered] [the] [valley] [,] were [half] submerged , and were specked with little cloud-wreaths all the way to their tops [.] 1 the 3 hills 3 hills 10 were 10 were 14 and 12 submerged 14 and 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 were 15 were 16 specked 16 specked 17 with 16 specked 22 way 16 specked 23 to 17 with 19 cloud-wreaths 18 little 19 cloud-wreaths 20 all 21 the 21 the 22 way 23 to 25 tops 24 their 25 tops on the whole , there was so much [cloud] , [and] so little solid earth , that it had the effect of a vision [.] 1 on 3 whole 1 on 4 , 1 on 5 there 2 the 3 whole 5 there 6 was 6 was 8 much 6 was 17 that 7 so 8 much 8 much 15 earth 10 , 15 earth 12 so 13 little 13 little 15 earth 14 solid 15 earth 15 earth 16 , 17 that 19 had 18 it 19 had 19 had 21 effect 20 the 21 effect 21 effect 22 of 22 of 24 vision 23 a 24 vision o [no] , [indeed] [!] 1 o 3 , by [the] [by] , [being] [much] [addicted] [to] [wading] [through] [streamlets] and across meadows , he had put on cowhide boots for the expedition [.] 1 by 4 , 4 , 12 and 12 and 16 he 12 and 18 put 13 across 14 meadows 13 across 15 , 13 across 16 he 16 he 17 had 17 had 18 put 18 put 19 on 18 put 21 boots 18 put 22 for 20 cowhide 21 boots 21 boots 22 for 22 for 24 expedition 23 the 24 expedition so [i] [hope] he will tell [us] [one] [this] [very] [minute] [.] ["] 1 so 4 he 4 he 5 will 5 will 6 tell i am [afraid] [you] [will] [fall] [asleep] in reality [,] [if] [i] [repeat] [any] of them [again] [.] ["] 1 i 2 am 2 am 8 in 8 in 9 reality 9 reality 15 of 15 of 16 them " [no] [,] [no] [,] [no] [!] ["] cried [blue] [eye] , [periwinkle] , [plantain] , and half a dozen others [.] 1 " 9 cried 9 cried 17 and 12 , 14 , 14 , 17 and 16 , 17 and 17 and 21 others 18 half 19 a 19 a 20 dozen 20 dozen 21 others " [we] [like] [a] [story] [all] [the] [better] [for] [having] [heard] [it] [two] [or] [three] [tunes] [before] [.] " 1 " 19 " but , in the first place , do any of you know what [a] [gorgon] is [?] ["] 1 but 8 do 2 , 3 in 3 in 6 place 3 in 7 , 3 in 8 do 4 the 5 first 4 the 6 place 8 do 9 any 8 do 12 know 9 any 10 of 10 of 11 you 12 know 13 what 13 what 16 is " [i] [do] [,] " [said] [primrose] [.] 1 " 5 " " [then] [hold] [your] [tongue] [!] ["] [rejoined] [eustace] [,] [who] [had] [rather] she would have known [nothing] [about] [the] [matter] [.] 1 " 14 she 14 she 15 would 15 would 16 have 16 have 17 known " [hold] [all] [your] [tongues] [,] [and] [i] [shall] [tell] [you] [a] [sweet] [pretty] [story] [of] [a] [gorgon] ['s] [head] [.] " 1 " 22 " and [so] he did , as you may begin to read on the next page [.] 1 and 3 he 1 and 5 , 3 he 4 did 5 , 6 as 6 as 7 you 6 as 9 begin 7 you 8 may 8 may 9 begin 9 begin 10 to 9 begin 11 read 10 to 11 read 11 read 12 on 12 on 15 page 13 the 14 next 13 the 15 page [the] [gorgon's] [head] [.] perseus was the son of [danae] , who was [the] [daughter] [of] a king [.] 1 perseus 2 was 2 was 4 son 3 the 4 son 4 son 5 of 5 of 7 , 7 , 8 who 8 who 9 was 9 was 14 king 13 a 14 king the island was [called] [seriphus] [,] and [it] was reigned over by [king] [polydectes] [,] [who] [happened] [to] [be] the fisherman ['s] [brother] [.] 1 the 2 island 2 island 3 was 3 was 7 and 7 and 9 was 9 was 10 reigned 10 reigned 11 over 10 reigned 12 by 12 by 21 fisherman 20 the 21 fisherman this [fisherman] [,] [i] [am] [glad] [to] [tell] [you] [,] was an exceedingly humane [and] upright man [.] 1 this 11 was 11 was 17 man 12 an 17 man 13 exceedingly 14 humane 14 humane 17 man 16 upright 17 man so this bad-hearted king spent [a] long while in considering what was the most dangerous thing that a young man could possibly undertake to perform [.] 1 so 2 this 1 so 3 bad-hearted 2 this 3 bad-hearted 3 bad-hearted 4 king 3 bad-hearted 7 long 3 bad-hearted 8 while 4 king 5 spent 8 while 9 in 9 in 10 considering 10 considering 11 what 10 considering 24 to 10 considering 25 perform 11 what 12 was 12 was 16 thing 13 the 16 thing 14 most 15 dangerous 15 dangerous 16 thing 16 thing 17 that 16 thing 23 undertake 17 that 20 man 17 that 23 undertake 18 a 19 young 18 a 20 man 19 young 20 man 20 man 21 could 21 could 23 undertake 22 possibly 23 undertake 24 to 25 perform at last , having hit upon an enterprise that promised to turn out as fatally as he desired [,] [he] [sent] [for] [the] [youthful] [perseus] [.] 1 at 2 last 1 at 3 , 1 at 4 having 4 having 5 hit 4 having 10 promised 5 hit 6 upon 5 hit 9 that 6 upon 8 enterprise 7 an 8 enterprise 10 promised 11 to 10 promised 12 turn 11 to 12 turn 12 turn 13 out 12 turn 15 fatally 12 turn 16 as 14 as 15 fatally 16 as 17 he 16 as 18 desired the young man came to the palace , and found the king sitting upon his throne [.] 1 the 3 man 2 young 3 man 3 man 9 and 4 came 5 to 4 came 9 and 5 to 7 palace 6 the 7 palace 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 found 10 found 12 king 10 found 14 upon 11 the 12 king 12 king 13 sitting 12 king 14 upon 14 upon 16 throne 15 his 16 throne " [perseus] [,] ["] [said] [king] [polydectes] [,] [smiling] [craftily] [upon] [him] [,] ["] you are grown up a fine young man [.] 1 " 15 you 15 you 16 are 16 are 17 grown 17 grown 18 up 18 up 22 man 19 a 20 fine 19 a 22 man 20 fine 22 man 21 young 22 man " [please] [your] [majesty] [,] ["] answered [perseus] , " [i] [would] [willingly] risk [my] [life] to do so [.] ["] 1 " 9 , 7 answered 9 , 9 , 10 " 9 , 14 risk 14 risk 17 to 17 to 18 do 18 do 19 so i have been [a] [little] perplexed [,] [i] [must] [honestly] [confess] [,] [where] to [obtain] [anything] [likely] [to] please a princess of her exquisite taste [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 been 3 been 6 perplexed 6 perplexed 14 to 14 to 19 please 19 please 21 princess 20 a 21 princess 21 princess 22 of 22 of 25 taste 23 her 25 taste 24 exquisite 25 taste but [,] this [morning] , [i] [flatter] [myself] , [i] [have] thought of [precisely] the article [.] ["] 1 but 3 this 1 but 5 , 1 but 9 , 9 , 12 thought 12 thought 13 of 13 of 16 article 15 the 16 article " and [can] [i] [assist] [your] [majesty] [in] [obtaining] it [?] ["] cried [perseus] [,] [eagerly] [.] 1 " 13 cried 2 and 10 it 10 it 13 cried " [i] [will] [set] [out] [to-morrow] [morning] [,] " [answered] [perseus] [.] 1 " 9 " " [pray] [do] so [,] [my] [gallant] [youth] [,] ["] [rejoined] [the] [king] [.] 1 " 4 so you must bring it home in the very best condition , in order [to] [suit] [the] [exquisite] [taste] [of] [the] [beautiful] [princess] [hippodamia] [.] ["] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 bring 3 bring 4 it 3 bring 5 home 3 bring 6 in 6 in 10 condition 7 the 8 very 7 the 9 best 7 the 10 condition 10 condition 12 in 11 , 12 in 12 in 13 order the [news] [quickly] [spread] abroad , [that] [perseus] [had] [undertaken] to [cut] [off] [the] [head] [of] [medusa] [with] the [snaky] locks [.] 1 the 5 abroad 5 abroad 6 , 6 , 11 to 11 to 21 locks 19 the 21 locks the only good man in this unfortunate island [of] [seriphus] appears to have been the fisherman [.] 1 the 2 only 1 the 4 man 3 good 4 man 4 man 5 in 4 man 11 appears 5 in 8 island 6 this 8 island 7 unfortunate 8 island 11 appears 12 to 11 appears 14 been 12 to 13 have 13 have 14 been 14 been 16 fisherman 15 the 16 fisherman " [ho] [,] [ho] [!] " [cried] [they] [;] ["] [medusa] ['s] [snakes] [will] [sting] [him] [soundly] [!] ["] 1 " 6 " i hardly know what sort of creature [or] hobgoblin to call them [.] 1 i 3 know 2 hardly 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 6 of 5 sort 6 of 6 of 9 hobgoblin 6 of 11 call 7 creature 9 hobgoblin 10 to 11 call 11 call 12 them it is , indeed , difficult to imagine [what] hideous beings these three sisters were [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 indeed 2 is 6 difficult 3 , 4 indeed 4 indeed 5 , 6 difficult 7 to 6 difficult 15 were 7 to 8 imagine 8 imagine 11 beings 10 hideous 11 beings 11 beings 14 sisters 11 beings 15 were 12 these 13 three 13 three 14 sisters 14 sisters 15 were for , not to speak of other difficulties , there was one which it would have puzzled an older man than [perseus] to get over [.] 1 for 10 there 2 , 4 to 3 not 4 to 4 to 5 speak 4 to 9 , 4 to 10 there 5 speak 6 of 6 of 8 difficulties 7 other 8 difficulties 10 there 11 was 11 was 12 one 12 one 13 which 12 one 24 get 13 which 14 it 13 which 24 get 14 it 15 would 15 would 16 have 16 have 17 puzzled 17 puzzled 20 man 17 puzzled 21 than 18 an 20 man 19 older 20 man 23 to 24 get 24 get 25 over so [disconsolate] [did] [these] [thoughts] [make] [him] , [that] [perseus] [could] [not] [bear] to tell his another what [he] [had] [undertaken] to do [.] 1 so 8 , 8 , 23 do 14 to 15 tell 15 tell 16 his 15 tell 17 another 15 tell 18 what 18 what 22 to 18 what 23 do 22 to 23 do but , while he was in this sorrowful mood , he heard a voice close beside him [.] 1 but 11 he 1 but 12 heard 2 , 3 while 3 while 4 he 3 while 5 was 3 while 10 , 3 while 11 he 4 he 5 was 5 was 6 in 6 in 9 mood 7 this 8 sorrowful 8 sorrowful 9 mood 11 he 12 heard 12 heard 14 voice 12 heard 15 close 13 a 14 voice 15 close 16 beside 16 beside 17 him " [perseus] [,] ["] said the voice , " why are you sad ? " 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 voice 5 said 8 , 5 said 9 " 5 said 10 why 5 said 11 are 5 said 14 ? 5 said 15 " 6 the 7 voice 10 why 11 are 11 are 12 you 11 are 13 sad so [perseus] [wiped] [his] [eyes] , and [answered] [the] [stranger] [pretty] [briskly] [,] [putting] on as brave a look [as] [he] [could] [.] 1 so 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 15 on 15 on 19 look 16 as 17 brave 16 as 18 a 17 brave 18 a 18 a 19 look " [i] [am] [not] [so] [very] [sad] , " [said] he [;] ["] [only] [thoughtful] [about] [an] [adventure] [that] [i] [have] undertaken [.] ["] 1 " 22 undertaken 8 , 9 " 8 , 11 he 11 he 22 undertaken " [oho] [!] " [answered] [the] [stranger] [.] 1 " 4 " ["] [well] [,] [tell] [me] [all] [about] [it] [,] [and] [possibly] [i] [may] [be] [of] [service] [to] [you] [.] i have helped [a] [good] many young men through adventures that looked difficult enough beforehand [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 3 helped 3 helped 8 men 3 helped 9 through 6 many 8 men 7 young 8 men 8 men 9 through 9 through 10 adventures 10 adventures 11 that 10 adventures 12 looked 11 that 12 looked 12 looked 13 difficult 13 difficult 14 enough 13 difficult 15 beforehand perhaps you may have heard of me [.] 1 perhaps 2 you 2 you 3 may 3 may 4 have 4 have 5 heard 5 heard 6 of 6 of 7 me i have more names than one [;] [but] [the] [name] of [quicksilver] suits [me] [as] [well] [as] [any] [other] [.] 1 i 2 have 2 have 4 names 2 have 5 than 3 more 4 names 5 than 6 one 6 one 11 of 11 of 13 suits tell me what your trouble is , and we will talk the matter over , and see what can be done [.] ["] 1 tell 2 me 1 tell 3 what 1 tell 7 , 3 what 5 trouble 3 what 6 is 4 your 5 trouble 5 trouble 6 is 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 we 8 and 16 and 9 we 16 and 10 will 11 talk 10 will 16 and 11 talk 13 matter 11 talk 14 over 12 the 13 matter 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 see 17 see 18 what 18 what 19 can 19 can 20 be 20 be 21 done the stranger 's words and manner put [perseus] [into] [quite] [a] [different] [mood] [from] [his] [former] [one] [.] 1 the 2 stranger 2 stranger 3 's 3 's 4 words 4 words 5 and 5 and 6 manner 5 and 7 put " [and] [that] [would] [be] [a] [great] [pity] [,] " [said] [quicksilver] [,] [with] [his] [mischievous] [smile] [.] 1 " 10 " " [o] [,] [far] [rather] [!] " [exclaimed] [perseus] [,] [with] [the] [tears] [again] [standing] [in] [his] [eyes] [.] 1 " 7 " " [and] [,] [besides] [,] [what] [would] [my] [dear] [mother] [do] [,] [if] [her] [beloved] [son] [were] [turned] [into] [a] [stone] [?] " 1 " 23 " ["] [i] [am] [the] [very] [person] [to] [help] [you] [,] [if] [anybody] [can] [.] my sister [and] myself will do our utmost to bring you safe through the adventure , ugly as it now looks [.] ["] 1 my 2 sister 2 sister 5 will 4 myself 5 will 5 will 6 do 6 do 8 utmost 6 do 9 to 7 our 8 utmost 9 to 10 bring 10 bring 12 safe 10 bring 13 through 10 bring 18 as 11 you 12 safe 12 safe 13 through 13 through 16 , 14 the 15 adventure 15 adventure 16 , 16 , 17 ugly 18 as 19 it 18 as 21 looks 19 it 21 looks 20 now 21 looks " [your] [sister] [?] " [repeated] [perseus] [.] 1 " 5 " " [yes] [,] [my] [sister] [,] ["] said the stranger [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 10 stranger 9 the 10 stranger if you show yourself bold and cautious , and follow our advice , you need not fear being a stone image yet awhile [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 9 and 1 if 13 , 1 if 14 you 2 you 9 and 3 show 4 yourself 3 show 6 and 3 show 9 and 5 bold 6 and 6 and 7 cautious 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 follow 10 follow 12 advice 11 our 12 advice 14 you 15 need 15 need 16 not 15 need 17 fear 16 not 17 fear 17 fear 18 being 18 being 21 image 18 being 22 yet 18 being 23 awhile 19 a 20 stone 19 a 21 image 20 stone 21 image quicksilver looked at it with a smile , and nodded his approbation [.] 1 quicksilver 9 and 2 looked 3 at 2 looked 5 with 2 looked 9 and 3 at 4 it 5 with 7 smile 6 a 7 smile 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 nodded 10 nodded 12 approbation 11 his 12 approbation and now we will set out [.] 1 and 2 now 1 and 3 we 1 and 5 set 3 we 4 will 5 set 6 out the next thing is to [find] [the] [three] [gray] [women] , who will tell us where [to] [find] [the] [nymphs] [.] ["] 1 the 2 next 1 the 3 thing 3 thing 4 is 4 is 5 to 5 to 11 , 11 , 14 tell 12 who 13 will 13 will 14 tell 14 tell 15 us 14 tell 16 where i never heard of them before [.] ["] 1 i 3 heard 2 never 3 heard 3 heard 4 of 3 heard 6 before 4 of 5 them " they [are] [three] [very] [strange] [old] [ladies] [,] ["] said [quicksilver] [,] [laughing] [.] 1 " 11 said 2 they 11 said ["] [they] [have] [but] [one] [eye] [among] [them] [,] [and] [only] [one] [tooth] [.] " [but] [,] " [said] [perseus] [,] ["] [why] [should] [i] [waste] [my] [time] [with] [these] [three] [gray] [women] [?] 1 " 4 " would it [not] be better to set out [at] [once] in search of the [terrible] [gorgons] [?] ["] 1 would 2 it 1 would 4 be 4 be 5 better 5 better 6 to 6 to 7 set 7 set 8 out 8 out 11 in 11 in 12 search 12 search 13 of 13 of 14 the " [no] [,] [no] [,] " [answered] [his] [friend] [.] 1 " 6 " ["] [there] [are] [other] [things] [to] [be] [done] [,] [before] [you] [can] [find] [your] [way] [to] [the] [gorgons] [.] come , let us be stirring [!] ["] 1 come 2 , 2 , 3 let 3 let 4 us 3 let 5 be 5 be 6 stirring " we must see about getting you a pair [,] ["] [answered] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 2 we 2 we 3 must 3 must 4 see 4 see 5 about 5 about 6 getting 6 getting 7 you 6 getting 9 pair 8 a 9 pair but the staff [helped] [perseus] [along] [so] [bravely] [,] [that] he [no] [longer] felt [the] [slightest] [weariness] [.] 1 but 3 staff 1 but 11 he 2 the 3 staff 11 he 14 felt in fact , the stick seemed to be alive in his hand , and to lend [some] of [its] life to [perseus] [.] 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 5 stick 4 the 5 stick 5 stick 6 seemed 6 seemed 7 to 6 seemed 14 and 7 to 14 and 8 be 9 alive 8 be 14 and 9 alive 10 in 10 in 12 hand 11 his 12 hand 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 to 14 and 16 lend 14 and 21 to 16 lend 18 of 18 of 20 life he [evidently] [knew] [the] [world] [;] [and] [nobody] is so charming to a young man as a friend who has that kind of knowledge [.] 1 he 9 is 9 is 11 charming 10 so 11 charming 11 charming 12 to 11 charming 16 as 12 to 15 man 13 a 14 young 13 a 15 man 14 young 15 man 16 as 18 friend 17 a 18 friend 18 friend 19 who 18 friend 20 has 19 who 20 has 20 has 23 of 21 that 23 of 22 kind 23 of 23 of 24 knowledge perseus listened [the] more eagerly , in the hope of brightening his own wits by what he heard [.] 1 perseus 2 listened 2 listened 5 eagerly 2 listened 7 in 4 more 5 eagerly 6 , 7 in 7 in 9 hope 8 the 9 hope 9 hope 10 of 10 of 11 brightening 11 brightening 14 wits 12 his 13 own 12 his 14 wits 14 wits 15 by 15 by 16 what 15 by 17 he 15 by 18 heard 17 he 18 heard " [where] [is] [she] [?] " he inquired [.] 1 " 8 inquired 6 " 7 he 7 he 8 inquired " [shall] [we] [not] [meet] [her] [soon] [?] " 1 " 9 " " [all] [at] [the] [proper] [time] [,] ["] said [his] companion [.] 1 " 9 said 9 said 11 companion ["] [but] [this] [sister] [of] [mine] [,] [you] [must] [understand] [,] [is] [quite] [a] [different] [sort] [of] [character] [from] [myself] [.] [neither] [will] [she] [listen] [to] [any] [but] [the] [wisest] [conversation] [.] ["] " [dear] [me] ! " [ejaculated] [perseus] [;] ["] [i] [shall] be [afraid] to say [a] [syllable] [.] ["] 1 " 15 say 4 ! 5 " 4 ! 12 be 12 be 14 to 14 to 15 say in short , she is so immoderately wise [,] that [many] [people] [call] [her] [wisdom] [personified] [.] 1 in 2 short 2 short 3 , 2 short 4 she 4 she 5 is 5 is 7 immoderately 5 is 8 wise 6 so 7 immoderately 8 wise 10 that she has her good points , nevertheless ; and you will find the benefit of them , in your encounter [with] [the] [gorgons] [.] ["] 1 she 2 has 2 has 5 points 2 has 7 nevertheless 3 her 5 points 4 good 5 points 6 , 7 nevertheless 7 nevertheless 8 ; 8 ; 9 and 9 and 10 you 9 and 12 find 11 will 12 find 12 find 14 benefit 13 the 14 benefit 14 benefit 15 of 14 benefit 18 in 15 of 16 them 17 , 18 in 18 in 20 encounter 19 your 20 encounter by this time it had grown [quite] dusk [.] 1 by 3 time 1 by 4 it 2 this 3 time 4 it 5 had 5 had 6 grown 6 grown 8 dusk all was waste and desolate , in the gray twilight , which grew every moment more obscure [.] 1 all 2 was 2 was 4 and 3 waste 4 and 4 and 5 desolate 4 and 7 in 6 , 7 in 7 in 10 twilight 7 in 11 , 8 the 10 twilight 9 gray 10 twilight 11 , 12 which 11 , 13 grew 12 which 13 grew 13 grew 15 moment 14 every 15 moment 15 moment 16 more 15 moment 17 obscure 16 more 17 obscure perseus looked about him , rather disconsolately , and asked [quicksilver] [whether] [they] [had] [a] [great] [deal] [farther] [to] [go] [.] 1 perseus 9 and 2 looked 3 about 2 looked 7 disconsolately 2 looked 9 and 3 about 4 him 5 , 7 disconsolately 6 rather 7 disconsolately 7 disconsolately 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 asked ["] [hist] [!] hist [!] ["] [whispered] his companion [.] 1 hist 6 companion 5 his 6 companion ["] [make] [no] [noise] [!] this is just the time and place to meet [the] [three] [gray] [women] [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 3 just 2 is 6 and 2 is 8 to 4 the 5 time 5 time 6 and 6 and 7 place 8 to 9 meet " [but] [what] [must] [i] [do] [,] " [asked] [perseus] [,] ["] [when] [we] [meet] [them] [?] ["] 1 " 8 " [quicksilver] [explained] [to] [perseus] [how] [the] [three] [gray] [women] [managed] [with] [their] [one] [eye] [.] " [you] [will] [soon] [find] [whether] [i] [tell] [the] [truth] [or] [no] [,] " [observed] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 14 " ["] [hark] [!] [hush] [!] hist [!] hist [!] 1 hist 3 hist there they come , now ! " 1 there 2 they 2 they 3 come 3 come 5 now 4 , 5 now 5 now 6 ! 6 ! 7 " the sight of three persons ' eyes was melted and collected into that single one [.] 1 the 2 sight 2 sight 3 of 2 sight 8 was 3 of 7 eyes 4 three 5 persons 5 persons 6 ' 6 ' 7 eyes 8 was 10 and 9 melted 10 and 10 and 11 collected 10 and 12 into 12 into 15 one 13 that 15 one 14 single 15 one thus the three old dames got along about as comfortably , upon the whole , as if they could all see at once [.] 1 thus 5 dames 2 the 3 three 3 three 5 dames 4 old 5 dames 5 dames 6 got 6 got 7 along 6 got 8 about 6 got 12 upon 6 got 16 as 8 about 10 comfortably 9 as 10 comfortably 11 , 12 upon 12 upon 14 whole 12 upon 15 , 13 the 14 whole 16 as 20 all 16 as 21 see 17 if 18 they 17 if 19 could 17 if 20 all 18 they 19 could 20 all 21 see 21 see 23 once 22 at 23 once my stars [!] [it] [was] [positively] [terrible] [to] [be] [within] [reach] [of] [so] [very] [sharp] [an] [eye] [!] 1 my 2 stars but , before they reached the clump of bushes , one [of] [the] [three] [gray] [women] [spoke] [.] 1 but 2 , 2 , 3 before 3 before 4 they 3 before 5 reached 3 before 10 , 3 before 11 one 4 they 5 reached 5 reached 7 clump 6 the 7 clump 7 clump 8 of 8 of 9 bushes ["] [sister] [!] [sister] [scarecrow] [!] ["] [cried] [she] [,] ["] [you] [have] [had] [the] [eye] [long] [enough] [.] it is my turn now [!] ["] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 turn 3 my 4 turn 4 turn 5 now " [let] [me] [keep] [it] [a] [moment] [longer] [,] [sister] [nightmare] [,] " [answered] [scarecrow] [.] 1 " 13 " " [i] [thought] [i] [had] [a] [glimpse] [of] [something] [behind] [that] [thick] [bush] [.] " 1 " 15 " " [well] [,] [and] [what] [of] [that] [?] " [retorted] [nightmare] [,] [peevishly] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [can't] [i] [see] [into] [a] [thick] [bush] [as] [easily] [as] [yourself] [?] i insist upon taking a peep immediately [!] ["] 1 i 2 insist 2 insist 3 upon 3 upon 4 taking 4 taking 6 peep 4 taking 7 immediately 5 a 6 peep to end [the] [dispute] , old [dame] [scarecrow] took the [eye] [out] [of] [her] forehead , and held it forth in her hand [.] 1 to 17 and 2 end 17 and 5 , 6 old 5 , 16 , 9 took 15 forehead 9 took 16 , 10 the 15 forehead 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 held 18 held 19 it 18 held 20 forth 18 held 21 in 21 in 23 hand 22 her 23 hand " [take] [it] [,] [one] [of] [you] [,] ["] cried [she] , " [and] [quit] [this] [foolish] quarrelling [.] 1 " 10 cried 10 cried 18 quarrelling 12 , 13 " 12 , 18 quarrelling for [my] [part] [,] [i] [shall] [be] [glad] [of] a little thick darkness [.] 1 for 13 darkness 10 a 11 little 10 a 13 darkness 11 little 12 thick take it quickly , however , or [i] [must] clap it into my own head [again] [!] ["] 1 take 2 it 1 take 3 quickly 1 take 5 however 1 take 7 or 4 , 5 however 5 however 6 , 7 or 10 clap 10 clap 11 it 11 it 12 into 12 into 15 head 13 my 14 own 13 my 15 head accordingly , [both] [nightmare] and [shakejoint] [stretched] out their hands , groping [eagerly] to snatch the eye out of the hand [of] [scarecrow] [.] 1 accordingly 2 , 2 , 5 and 5 and 12 groping 5 and 14 to 8 out 11 , 9 their 10 hands 10 hands 11 , 11 , 12 groping 14 to 15 snatch 15 snatch 17 eye 15 snatch 19 of 16 the 17 eye 17 eye 19 of 18 out 19 of 19 of 21 hand 20 the 21 hand " [now] [is] [your] [time] [!] " he whispered [to] [perseus] [.] 1 " 9 whispered 7 " 8 he 8 he 9 whispered ["] [quick] [,] [quick] [!] [before] [they] [can] [clap] [the] [eye] [into] [either] [of] [their] [heads] [.] rush [out] [upon] [the] [old] [ladies] , [and] [snatch] [it] [from] [scarecrow] ['s] [hand] [!] ["] 1 rush 7 , " [my] [good] [ladies] [,] ["] said he , " [pray] do not be angry with one another [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 9 , 7 said 12 do 9 , 10 " 12 do 13 not 12 do 14 be 13 not 14 be 14 be 15 angry 15 angry 16 with 16 with 18 another 17 one 18 another ["] [you] [!] [you] [have] [our] [eye] [!] " [o] [,] [what] [shall] we do [,] [sisters] [?] [what] [shall] [we] [do] [?] 1 " 6 we 6 we 7 do we are all in the dark [!] 1 we 2 are 2 are 3 all 2 are 4 in 3 all 4 in 4 in 6 dark 5 the 6 dark give us our eye [!] 1 give 2 us 1 give 4 eye 3 our 4 eye give us our one [,] [precious] [,] [solitary] [eye] [!] 1 give 2 us 1 give 4 one 3 our 4 one you have two of your own [give] [us] [our] eye [!] ["] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 two 3 two 4 of 4 of 10 eye 5 your 6 own 5 your 10 eye i am by no means [a] bad young man [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 by 3 by 9 man 4 no 9 man 5 means 9 man 7 bad 9 man 8 young 9 man ["] [the] [nymphs] [!] goodness [me] [!] [sisters] , [what] [nymphs] [does] [he] [mean] [?] " [screamed] [scarecrow] [.] 1 goodness 5 , 5 , 12 " we know nothing at all about them [.] 1 we 2 know 2 know 3 nothing 3 nothing 4 at 4 at 5 all 5 all 6 about 6 about 7 them o , [give] [it] [back] [,] [good] [stranger] [!] [whoever] [you] [are] [,] [give] [it] [back] [!] " 1 o 2 , 2 , 18 " all [this] [while] [the] [three] [gray] [women] were groping with their outstretched hands , and trying [their] [utmost] [to] [get] [hold] [of] [perseus] [.] 1 all 8 were 8 were 9 groping 9 groping 10 with 10 with 15 and 11 their 13 hands 12 outstretched 13 hands 13 hands 15 and 14 , 15 and 15 and 16 trying but he took good care to keep out of their reach [.] 1 but 2 he 2 he 3 took 3 took 5 care 4 good 5 care 5 care 6 to 5 care 7 keep 5 care 9 of 6 to 7 keep 7 keep 8 out 9 of 11 reach 10 their 11 reach ["] [a] [pair] [of] [flying] [slippers] [,] [quoth] [he] [!] his heels would quickly fly higher than his head , if he were silly enough to put them on [.] 1 his 2 heels 2 heels 3 would 3 would 5 fly 4 quickly 5 fly 5 fly 6 higher 5 fly 7 than 5 fly 11 if 7 than 9 head 8 his 9 head 10 , 11 if 11 if 12 he 11 if 13 were 12 he 13 were 13 were 14 silly 14 silly 15 enough 14 silly 16 to 16 to 17 put 17 put 18 them 17 put 19 on and a helmet [of] [invisibility] [!] 1 and 3 helmet 2 a 3 helmet how could a helmet make him invisible , unless it were big enough for him to hide under it ? 1 how 2 could 2 could 4 helmet 2 could 5 make 3 a 4 helmet 5 make 6 him 5 make 7 invisible 7 invisible 9 unless 8 , 9 unless 9 unless 10 it 9 unless 11 were 9 unless 20 ? 10 it 11 were 11 were 12 big 12 big 13 enough 12 big 14 for 12 big 16 to 12 big 17 hide 14 for 15 him 16 to 17 hide 17 hide 18 under 18 under 19 it and [an] enchanted [wallet] [!] 1 and 3 enchanted what sort of a contrivance may that be [,] [i] [wonder] [?] 1 what 2 sort 2 sort 3 of 2 sort 6 may 2 sort 8 be 3 of 5 contrivance 4 a 5 contrivance 6 may 7 that 6 may 8 be no , no [,] [good] [stranger] [!] [we] [can] [tell] [you] nothing [of] [these] [marvellous] [things] [.] 1 no 2 , 1 no 12 nothing 2 , 3 no you have two eyes of your own , and we have but a single one amongst us three [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 two 3 two 9 and 3 two 11 have 4 eyes 5 of 4 eyes 9 and 5 of 7 own 6 your 7 own 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 we 9 and 11 have 11 have 12 but 11 have 16 amongst 12 but 15 one 13 a 14 single 13 a 15 one 14 single 15 one 15 one 16 amongst 16 amongst 18 three 17 us 18 three you can find out such wonders better than three blind old creatures , like us [.] ["] 1 you 2 can 2 can 4 out 3 find 4 out 4 out 6 wonders 4 out 13 , 5 such 6 wonders 6 wonders 7 better 6 wonders 13 , 7 better 8 than 8 than 9 three 10 blind 12 creatures 10 blind 13 , 11 old 12 creatures 13 , 14 like 14 like 15 us [but] [quicksilver] [caught] [his] [hand] [.] " [don't] [let] [them] [make] [a] [fool] [of] [you] [!] ["] said he [.] 1 " 12 said 12 said 13 he keep fast hold of [the] [eye] , and all will go well [.] ["] 1 keep 3 hold 2 fast 3 hold 3 hold 4 of 4 of 7 , 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 all 9 all 10 will 10 will 11 go 11 go 12 well as it [turned] [out] [,] [quicksilver] was in the right [.] 1 as 2 it 2 it 7 was 7 was 8 in 8 in 10 right 9 the 10 right finding [that] [there] [was] [no] [other] [way] [of] [recovering] [it] , [they] [at] [last] [told] [perseus] [what] [he] [wanted] to [know] [.] 1 finding 11 , 11 , 20 to quicksilver and [perseus] , in [the] [mean] [time] , [were] [making] [the] [best] of their way [in] quest of the [nymphs] [.] 1 quicksilver 2 and 2 and 14 of 4 , 5 in 5 in 9 , 9 , 14 of 14 of 18 quest 15 their 18 quest 16 way 18 quest 18 quest 19 of 19 of 20 the the old dames had given them such particular directions , that they were not long in finding them out [.] 1 the 3 dames 2 old 3 dames 3 dames 4 had 4 had 5 given 5 given 6 them 5 given 9 directions 7 such 9 directions 8 particular 9 directions 9 directions 11 that 9 directions 13 were 10 , 11 that 11 that 12 they 11 that 13 were 12 they 13 were 13 were 14 not 13 were 15 long 13 were 16 in 16 in 17 finding 17 finding 18 them 17 finding 19 out this was the magic wallet [.] 1 this 2 was 2 was 5 wallet 3 the 5 wallet 4 magic 5 wallet " [put] [them] [on] [,] [perseus] [,] " [said] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 8 " " [you] [will] [find] [yourself] [as] [light-heeled] [as] [you] [can] [desire] [,] [for] [the] [remainder] [of] [our] [journey] [.] " 1 " 20 " so [perseus] proceeded [to] [put] [one] [of] [the] [slippers] [on] [,] [while] [he] [laid] [the] [other] [on] [the] [ground] [by] [his] [side] [.] 1 so 3 proceeded " [be] [more] [careful] [,] ["] said he [,] as [he] [gave] it [back] [to] [perseus] [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 8 he 7 said 10 as 10 as 13 it " [it] [would] [frighten] [the] [birds] [,] [up] [aloft] [,] [if] [they] [should] [see] [a] [flying] [slipper] [amongst] [them] [.] " 1 " 21 " when [perseus] [had] [got] [on] [both] of these wonderful slippers , he was [altogether] [too] [buoyant] [to] [tread] [on] [earth] [.] 1 when 13 was 7 of 10 slippers 7 of 11 , 7 of 12 he 8 these 10 slippers 9 wonderful 10 slippers 12 he 13 was winged slippers , and all such high-flying contrivances [,] are seldom quite easy to manage , until one grows a little accustomed to them [.] 1 winged 2 slippers 2 slippers 4 and 3 , 4 and 4 and 5 all 4 and 8 contrivances 4 and 15 manage 6 such 8 contrivances 7 high-flying 8 contrivances 8 contrivances 10 are 10 are 11 seldom 10 are 13 easy 12 quite 13 easy 13 easy 14 to 14 to 15 manage 15 manage 17 until 16 , 17 until 17 until 18 one 17 until 19 grows 18 one 19 grows 19 grows 21 little 19 grows 23 to 20 a 21 little 21 little 22 accustomed 21 little 23 to 23 to 24 them the [good-natured] [nymphs] [had] [the] helmet , [with] [its] [dark] tuft of waving [plumes] [,] [all] in readiness to put upon his [head] [.] 1 the 6 helmet 1 the 11 tuft 6 helmet 7 , 11 tuft 12 of 12 of 13 waving 13 waving 17 in 17 in 18 readiness 18 readiness 19 to 18 readiness 20 put 19 to 20 put 20 put 21 upon 20 put 22 his and now there [happened] about as wonderful an incident as anything [that] [i] [have] [yet] told you [.] 1 and 2 now 1 and 9 incident 1 and 16 told 3 there 9 incident 5 about 6 as 6 as 7 wonderful 6 as 8 an 7 wonderful 8 an 8 an 9 incident 9 incident 10 as 9 incident 16 told 10 as 11 anything 16 told 17 you but when the helmet had descended over his white brow , there was [no] [longer] [any] [perseus] to be seen [!] 1 but 12 there 2 when 4 helmet 2 when 6 descended 2 when 12 there 3 the 4 helmet 4 helmet 5 had 5 had 6 descended 7 over 10 brow 7 over 11 , 7 over 12 there 8 his 10 brow 9 white 10 brow 12 there 13 was 13 was 18 to 18 to 19 be 19 be 20 seen [nothing] [but] [empty] [air] [!] even the helmet , that covered him with its invisibility , had vanished [!] 1 even 3 helmet 2 the 3 helmet 3 helmet 5 that 3 helmet 11 , 4 , 5 that 5 that 11 , 6 covered 7 him 6 covered 8 with 6 covered 11 , 8 with 10 invisibility 9 its 10 invisibility 11 , 12 had 12 had 13 vanished " [where] [are] [you] [,] [perseus] [?] " [asked] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [just] [where] [i] [was] [a] [moment] [ago] [.] don't you see me [?] ["] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 see 3 see 4 me " [no] [,] [indeed] [!] " [answered] [his] [friend] [.] 1 " 6 " " you are hidden under the helmet [.] 1 " 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 hidden 4 hidden 5 under 5 under 7 helmet 6 the 7 helmet but , [if] [i] [cannot] see you , neither [can] [the] [gorgons] [.] 1 but 8 , 2 , 6 see 2 , 8 , 6 see 7 you 8 , 9 neither follow me , therefore , and we will try your dexterity in using the winged slippers [.] ["] 1 follow 2 me 1 follow 4 therefore 1 follow 6 and 3 , 4 therefore 4 therefore 5 , 6 and 9 try 7 we 8 will 8 will 9 try 9 try 11 dexterity 9 try 12 in 10 your 11 dexterity 11 dexterity 12 in 12 in 13 using 13 using 16 slippers 14 the 16 slippers 15 winged 16 slippers it was now deep night [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 now 2 was 5 night 4 deep 5 night and , among other objects , he saw the island of [seriplius] , [where] his dear mother was [.] 1 and 7 he 1 and 8 saw 2 , 3 among 3 among 5 objects 3 among 6 , 3 among 7 he 4 other 5 objects 7 he 8 saw 8 saw 10 island 9 the 10 island 10 island 11 of 10 island 17 mother 10 island 18 was 11 of 13 , 15 his 17 mother 16 dear 17 mother 17 mother 18 was so swift was their flight , however , that , in an instant , they emerged from the cloud into the moonlight again [.] 1 so 2 swift 2 swift 3 was 2 swift 9 that 3 was 5 flight 3 was 7 however 4 their 5 flight 6 , 7 however 7 however 8 , 9 that 15 they 9 that 16 emerged 10 , 11 in 11 in 13 instant 11 in 14 , 11 in 15 they 12 an 13 instant 15 they 16 emerged 16 emerged 17 from 16 emerged 20 into 16 emerged 23 again 17 from 19 cloud 18 the 19 cloud 20 into 22 moonlight 21 the 22 moonlight [once] [,] [a] [high-soaring] [eagle] [flew] [right] [against] [the] [invisible] [perseus] [.] " [whose] [garment] [is] [this] [,] " [inquired] [perseus] [,] ["] [that] [keeps] [rustling] [close] [beside] [me] [,] [in] [the] [breeze] [?] ["] 1 " 7 " " [o] [,] [it] [is] [my] [sister] ['s] [!] " [answered] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 10 " " she [is] [coming] [along] [with] [us] , [as] [i] [told] [you] [she] [would] [.] 1 " 2 she 2 she 8 , we could do nothing without the help of my sister [.] 1 we 2 could 2 could 3 do 3 do 4 nothing 3 do 5 without 4 nothing 5 without 5 without 7 help 6 the 7 help 7 help 8 of 8 of 10 sister 9 my 10 sister you have no idea [how] [wise] she is [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 4 idea 3 no 4 idea 4 idea 7 she 4 idea 8 is 7 she 8 is she has such eyes , too ! 1 she 2 has 2 has 4 eyes 2 has 6 too 3 such 4 eyes 5 , 6 too 6 too 7 ! [just] [then] [a] [voice] [spoke] [in] [the] [air] [close] [by] [him] [.] it seemed to be [a] [woman] ['s] [voice] , and was melodious , [though] not [exactly] what might be [called] [sweet] , but grave and mild [.] 1 it 2 seemed 2 seemed 3 to 2 seemed 4 be 3 to 4 be 4 be 25 and 9 , 10 and 9 , 11 was 9 , 13 , 11 was 12 melodious 13 , 19 be 13 , 25 and 15 not 17 what 15 not 19 be 17 what 18 might 22 , 23 but 22 , 25 and 23 but 24 grave 25 and 26 mild " [perseus] [,] ["] said the voice [,] ["] [there] [are] [the] [gorgons] [.] ["] 1 " 5 said 5 said 7 voice 6 the 7 voice " [where] [?] " [exclaimed] [perseus] [.] 1 " 4 " " [i] [cannot] [see] [them] [.] " 1 " 7 " " [on] [the] [shore] [of] [that] [island] [beneath] [you] [,] ["] replied the voice [.] 1 " 12 replied 12 replied 14 voice 13 the 14 voice " [a] [pebble] [,] [dropped] [from] [your] [hand] [,] [would] [strike] [in] [the] [midst] [of] [them] [.] " 1 " 18 " " [i] [told] [you] she would be [the] [first] to discover them , " said [quicksilver] [to] [perseus] [.] 1 " 5 she 5 she 6 would 6 would 7 be 7 be 10 to 10 to 13 , 11 discover 12 them 11 discover 13 , 13 , 14 " 13 , 15 said " [and] [there] [they] [are] [!] " 1 " 7 " the moonlight glistened on their steely scales , and on their golden wings [,] [which] [drooped] [idly] [over] [the] [sand] [.] 1 the 2 moonlight 2 moonlight 3 glistened 3 glistened 9 and 4 on 7 scales 4 on 9 and 5 their 7 scales 6 steely 7 scales 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 on 10 on 13 wings 11 their 13 wings 12 golden 13 wings and , with all this , there was something partly human about them , too [.] 1 and 7 there 2 , 3 with 3 with 5 this 3 with 6 , 3 with 7 there 4 all 5 this 7 there 8 was 8 was 9 something 9 something 11 human 10 partly 11 human 11 human 12 about 11 human 15 too 12 about 13 them 14 , 15 too be [quick] [;] for , if [one] [of] [the] [gorgons] [should] awake , you are too late [!] ["] 1 be 4 for 4 for 14 you 5 , 6 if 6 if 14 you 12 awake 13 , 12 awake 14 you 14 you 15 are 15 are 17 late 16 too 17 late " [which] [shall] [i] [strike] [at] [?] ["] asked [perseus] [,] [drawing] [his] [sword] [and] descending [a] [little] [lower] [.] 1 " 9 asked 9 asked 16 descending ["] [they] [all] [three] [look] [alike] [.] all three have snaky locks [.] 1 all 2 three 2 three 3 have 3 have 5 locks 4 snaky 5 locks which of the three is [medusa] [?] ["] 1 which 2 of 1 which 5 is 2 of 4 three 3 the 4 three it must be [understood] [that] [medusa] [was] the only one of these dragon-monsters whose head [perseus] [could] [possibly] cut [off] [.] 1 it 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 10 one 8 the 9 only 8 the 10 one 10 one 11 of 11 of 13 dragon-monsters 12 these 13 dragon-monsters 13 dragon-monsters 14 whose 14 whose 15 head 15 head 19 cut " [be] [cautious] [,] ["] said the calm voice [which] [had] [before] [spoken] [to] [him] [.] 1 " 6 said 6 said 9 voice 7 the 9 voice 8 calm 9 voice " [one] [of] [the] [gorgons] is stirring in her [sleep] [,] [and] [is] [just] [about] [to] [turn] [over] [.] 1 " 6 is 6 is 7 stirring 7 stirring 8 in 8 in 9 her that is [medusa] [.] 1 that 2 is do not look at her [!] 1 do 2 not 1 do 3 look 2 not 3 look 3 look 4 at 4 at 5 her the sight would turn you to stone [!] 1 the 2 sight 2 sight 3 would 3 would 4 turn 4 turn 5 you 4 turn 6 to 6 to 7 stone look at the reflection of her face and figure in the bright mirror of your shield [.] ["] 1 look 2 at 2 at 4 reflection 3 the 4 reflection 4 reflection 5 of 5 of 8 and 6 her 7 face 7 face 8 and 8 and 9 figure 8 and 10 in 10 in 13 mirror 11 the 13 mirror 12 bright 13 mirror 13 mirror 14 of 14 of 16 shield 15 your 16 shield perseus [now] [understood] [quicksilver] 's motive [for] [so] [earnestly] [exhorting] [him] to polish [his] [shield] [.] 1 perseus 5 's 5 's 6 motive 6 motive 12 to 12 to 13 polish in its surface he could safely look at the reflection of the [gorgon] ['s] face [.] 1 in 3 surface 1 in 4 he 2 its 3 surface 4 he 5 could 5 could 7 look 6 safely 7 look 7 look 8 at 8 at 10 reflection 9 the 10 reflection 10 reflection 11 of 11 of 15 face 12 the 15 face the snakes , whose venomous natures could not altogether sleep , kept twisting themselves over the forehead [.] 1 the 2 snakes 2 snakes 4 whose 2 snakes 12 kept 3 , 4 whose 4 whose 6 natures 4 whose 11 , 5 venomous 6 natures 6 natures 7 could 7 could 8 not 7 could 10 sleep 8 not 10 sleep 9 altogether 10 sleep 12 kept 13 twisting 13 twisting 14 themselves 13 twisting 15 over 15 over 17 forehead 16 the 17 forehead she gnashed her white tusks , and dug into the sand with her brazen claws [.] 1 she 7 and 2 gnashed 5 tusks 2 gnashed 7 and 3 her 5 tusks 4 white 5 tusks 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 dug 7 and 9 into 7 and 12 with 9 into 11 sand 10 the 11 sand 11 sand 12 with 12 with 15 claws 13 her 15 claws 14 brazen 15 claws the snakes , too , seemed to feel [medusa] ['s] [dream] , and to be made more restless by it [.] 1 the 2 snakes 2 snakes 6 seemed 3 , 4 too 4 too 5 , 4 too 6 seemed 6 seemed 7 to 6 seemed 18 restless 7 to 13 and 8 feel 13 and 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 to 13 and 16 made 14 to 15 be 17 more 18 restless 18 restless 19 by 19 by 20 it they twined themselves into tumultuous knots , writhed fiercely , and uplifted a hundred hissing heads , without opening their eyes [.] 1 they 7 , 2 twined 3 themselves 2 twined 4 into 2 twined 7 , 4 into 6 knots 5 tumultuous 6 knots 7 , 11 and 8 writhed 11 and 9 fiercely 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 uplifted 12 uplifted 16 heads 13 a 14 hundred 14 hundred 16 heads 15 hissing 16 heads 16 heads 18 without 17 , 18 without 18 without 19 opening 19 opening 21 eyes 20 their 21 eyes " [now] [,] [now] [!] " [whispered] [quicksilver] [,] [who] [was] [growing] [impatient] [.] 1 " 6 " " [make] [a] [dash] [at] [the] [monster] [!] " 1 " 9 " " [but] [be] [calm] [,] ["] said the grave , melodious voice , at the young man 's side [.] 1 " 7 said 7 said 12 voice 8 the 12 voice 9 grave 10 , 9 grave 12 voice 11 melodious 12 voice 12 voice 14 at 13 , 14 at 14 at 19 side 15 the 17 man 16 young 17 man 17 man 18 's 18 's 19 side " [look] [in] [your] [shield] [,] [as] [you] [fly] [downward] [,] [and] [take] [care] [that] [you] [do] [not] [miss] [your] [first] [stroke] [.] " 1 " 24 " perseus [flew] [cautiously] [downward] [,] [still] [keeping] [his] [eyes] [on] [medusa] 's [face] [,] [as] [reflected] in his shield [.] 1 perseus 12 's 12 's 17 in 17 in 19 shield 18 his 19 shield the [nearer] [he] [came] [,] [the] [more] terrible [did] [the] [snaky] [visage] [and] [metallic] [body] [of] [the] [monster] [grow] [.] 1 the 8 terrible but she awoke too late [.] 1 but 2 she 1 but 3 awoke 2 she 3 awoke 3 awoke 5 late 4 too 5 late the [sword] [was] [sharp] [;] [the] stroke [fell] [like] [a] [lightning-flash] [;] [and] [the] [head] of the wicked [medusa] [tumbled] [from] [her] [body] [!] 1 the 7 stroke 7 stroke 16 of 16 of 17 the 17 the 18 wicked " [admirably] [done] [!] " [cried] [quicksilver] [.] 1 " 5 " " [make] [haste] [,] [and] [clap] [the] [head] [into] [your] [magic] [wallet] [.] " 1 " 14 " as quick as thought , he snatched it up , with the snakes still writhing upon it , and thrust it in [.] 1 as 2 quick 2 quick 6 he 3 as 4 thought 3 as 5 , 3 as 6 he 6 he 19 and 7 snatched 8 it 7 snatched 9 up 7 snatched 11 with 7 snatched 19 and 10 , 11 with 11 with 13 snakes 11 with 18 , 12 the 13 snakes 13 snakes 15 writhing 14 still 15 writhing 15 writhing 16 upon 16 upon 17 it 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 thrust 20 thrust 21 it 20 thrust 22 in " [your] [task] [is] [done] [,] ["] said the calm voice [.] 1 " 8 said 8 said 11 voice 9 the 11 voice 10 calm 11 voice " [now] [fly] [;] [for] [the] [other] [gorgons] [will] [do] [their] [utmost] [to] [take] [vengeance] [for] [medusa] ['s] [death] [.] " 1 " 21 " and [then] the snakes [!] 1 and 3 the 3 the 4 snakes they [sent] [forth] [a] [hundred-fold] [hiss] , [with] one consent , and [medusa] ['s] [snakes] [answered] [them] [out] [of] the magic [wallet] [.] 1 they 7 , 7 , 9 one 7 , 12 and 10 consent 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 21 magic 20 the 21 magic and there , perhaps , those [very] feathers [he] scattered , till this day [.] 1 and 8 feathers 1 and 11 , 2 there 3 , 2 there 8 feathers 3 , 4 perhaps 4 perhaps 5 , 4 perhaps 8 feathers 6 those 8 feathers 8 feathers 11 , 10 scattered 11 , 11 , 12 till 12 till 14 day 13 this 14 day up [rose] [the] [gorgons] , [as] [i] [tell] [you] , [staring] horribly [about] , in hopes of turning [somebody] [to] [stone] [.] 1 up 5 , 1 up 14 , 5 , 10 , 10 , 12 horribly 14 , 15 in 15 in 16 hopes 16 hopes 17 of 17 of 18 turning finally , [our] [brave] [perseus] [arrived] [at] [the] [island] , [where] [he] [expected] to see his dear mother [.] 1 finally 2 , 1 finally 10 , 10 , 14 to 14 to 15 see 15 see 18 mother 16 his 18 mother 17 dear 18 mother not finding his mother at home [,] [perseus] went straight to the palace and was immediately ushered into the presence of the king [.] 1 not 2 finding 1 not 4 mother 3 his 4 mother 4 mother 5 at 4 mother 14 and 5 at 6 home 9 went 10 straight 9 went 11 to 9 went 14 and 11 to 13 palace 12 the 13 palace 14 and 15 was 15 was 17 ushered 16 immediately 17 ushered 17 ushered 18 into 18 into 20 presence 19 the 20 presence 20 presence 21 of 21 of 22 the 22 the 23 king however , seeing him safely returned , he put the best face [he] [could] upon the matter and asked [perseus] how he had succeeded [.] 1 however 2 , 1 however 8 he 2 , 3 seeing 3 seeing 4 him 3 seeing 6 returned 3 seeing 7 , 3 seeing 8 he 5 safely 6 returned 8 he 18 and 9 put 12 face 9 put 15 upon 9 put 18 and 10 the 11 best 10 the 12 face 15 upon 17 matter 16 the 17 matter 18 and 19 asked 19 asked 21 how 21 how 22 he 21 how 24 succeeded 22 he 23 had 23 had 24 succeeded " [have] [you] [performed] [your] [promise] [?] " [inquired] [he] [.] 1 " 8 " ["] [have] [you] [brought] [me] [the] [head] [of] [medusa] [with] [the] [snaky] [locks] [?] " [i] [have] [brought] [you] [the] [gorgon] ['s] head , [snaky] [locks] and all [!] ["] 1 " 13 and 9 head 10 , 10 , 13 and 13 and 14 all ["] [indeed] [!] pray [let] me [see] [it] , " quoth [king] [polydectes] [.] 1 pray 3 me 1 pray 6 , 6 , 7 " 6 , 8 quoth " [it] [must] [be] [a] [very] [curious] [spectacle] [,] [if] [all] [that] [travellers] [tell] [about] [it] [be] [true] [!] " 1 " 20 " " [your] [majesty] [is] [in] [the] [right] [,] " [replied] [perseus] [.] 1 " 9 " ["] [it] [is] [really] [an] [object] [that] [will] [be] [pretty] [certain] [to] [fix] [the] [regards] [of] [all] [who] [look] [at] [it] [.] few of them [,] [i] imagine , have seen [a] [gorgon] ['s] [head] [before] [,] [and] [perhaps] [never] [may] again [!] ["] 1 few 2 of 1 few 7 , 2 of 3 them 6 imagine 7 , 7 , 8 have 7 , 20 again 8 have 9 seen the king well knew that his subjects were an idle set of reprobates , and very fond of sight-seeing , as idle persons usually are [.] 1 the 3 well 2 king 3 well 3 well 4 knew 4 knew 5 that 5 that 7 subjects 5 that 8 were 6 his 7 subjects 7 subjects 8 were 8 were 11 set 9 an 10 idle 9 an 11 set 10 idle 11 set 11 set 12 of 12 of 13 reprobates 13 reprobates 14 , 14 , 15 and 15 and 23 persons 15 and 25 are 16 very 17 fond 17 fond 18 of 17 fond 20 , 17 fond 23 persons 18 of 19 sight-seeing 21 as 22 idle 22 idle 23 persons 23 persons 25 are 24 usually 25 are monarch , counsellors , courtiers , and subjects , [all] gazed [eagerly] [towards] [perseus] [.] 1 monarch 7 and 1 monarch 11 gazed 2 , 7 and 3 counsellors 4 , 4 , 5 courtiers 4 , 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 subjects 7 and 9 , ["] [show] [us] [the] [head] [!] " [show] [us] [the] [head] [of] [medusa] [with] [the] [snaky] [locks] [!] " 1 " 13 " a feeling of sorrow and pity came over [the] [youthful] [perseus] [.] 1 a 2 feeling 2 feeling 3 of 2 feeling 7 came 3 of 5 and 4 sorrow 5 and 5 and 6 pity 7 came 8 over " [ah] [,] [the] [villain] [and] [coward] [!] ["] yelled the people , more [fiercely] than before [.] 1 " 10 yelled 10 yelled 12 people 11 the 12 people 12 people 14 more 13 , 14 more 14 more 16 than 16 than 17 before " he is making game of us [!] 1 " 2 he 2 he 3 is 3 is 4 making 4 making 5 game 5 game 6 of 6 of 7 us he has [no] [gorgon] ['s] [head] [!] 1 he 2 has show us the head , if you have it , or we will take your own head for a football [!] ["] 1 show 2 us 1 show 4 head 1 show 6 if 3 the 4 head 5 , 6 if 6 if 7 you 6 if 8 have 6 if 10 , 7 you 8 have 8 have 9 it 10 , 11 or 11 or 12 we 11 or 14 take 12 we 13 will 13 will 14 take 14 take 17 head 14 take 18 for 15 your 16 own 15 your 17 head 17 head 18 for 18 for 20 football 19 a 20 football " [show] [me] [the] [gorgon] ['s] [head] [,] [or] [i] [will] [cut] [off] [your] [own] [!] " 1 " 17 " [and] [perseus] [sighed] [.] " [this] [instant] [,] " [repeated] [polydectes] [,] ["] [or] [you] [die] [!] ["] 1 " 5 " " [behold] it [,] [then] [!] ["] cried [perseus] [,] [in] [a] [voice] [like] [the] [blast] [of] [a] [trumpet] [.] 1 " 8 cried 3 it 8 cried they were all fixed , forever , in the look and attitude of that moment [!] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 all 3 all 4 fixed 3 all 8 in 4 fixed 6 forever 5 , 6 forever 6 forever 7 , 8 in 11 and 9 the 10 look 10 look 11 and 11 and 12 attitude 11 and 13 of 13 of 15 moment 14 that 15 moment at the first glimpse of the terrible head of [medusa] , they whitened into marble [!] 1 at 4 glimpse 1 at 12 they 2 the 3 first 2 the 4 glimpse 4 glimpse 5 of 5 of 8 head 6 the 8 head 7 terrible 8 head 8 head 9 of 9 of 11 , 12 they 13 whitened 13 whitened 14 into 14 into 15 marble [tanglewood] [porch] [.] [after] [the] [story] [.] " [is] [not] [that] [a] [very] [fine] [story] [?] " [asked] [eustace] [.] 1 " 10 " " [o] [yes] [,] [yes] [!] ["] cried [cowslip] , clapping her hands [.] 1 " 8 cried 8 cried 11 clapping 10 , 11 clapping 11 clapping 13 hands 12 her 13 hands ["] [and] [those] [funny] [old] [women] [,] [with] [only] [one] [eye] [amongst] [them] [!] i never heard of anything so strange [.] ["] 1 i 3 heard 2 never 3 heard 3 heard 4 of 4 of 5 anything 5 anything 7 strange 6 so 7 strange " [as] [to] [their] [one] [tooth] [,] [which] [they] [shifted] [about] [,] " [observed] [primrose] [,] ["] [there] [was] [nothing] [so] [very] [wonderful] [in] [that] [.] 1 " 13 " i suppose it was a false tooth [.] 1 i 2 suppose 2 suppose 3 it 2 suppose 4 was 3 it 4 was 4 was 7 tooth 5 a 6 false 5 a 7 tooth 6 false 7 tooth but [think] [of] [your] [turning] [mercury] [into] [quicksilver] , and [talking] [about] [his] [sister] [!] 1 but 9 , 9 , 10 and you are too ridiculous [!] " 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 too 2 are 4 ridiculous 4 ridiculous 6 " " and [was] she [not] [his] [sister] [?] ["] asked [eustace] [bright] [.] 1 " 10 asked 2 and 4 she 4 she 10 asked " [well] [,] [at] [any] [rate] [,] " [said] [primrose] [,] ["] [your] [story] [seems] [to] [have] [driven] [away] [the] [mist] [.] ["] 1 " 8 " and , indeed , while the tale was going forward , the vapors had been quite exhaled from the landscape [.] 1 and 2 , 1 and 13 vapors 1 and 17 exhaled 3 indeed 4 , 3 indeed 13 vapors 4 , 5 while 5 while 7 tale 5 while 8 was 5 while 11 , 5 while 13 vapors 6 the 7 tale 7 tale 8 was 8 was 9 going 9 going 10 forward 12 the 13 vapors 13 vapors 14 had 14 had 15 been 15 been 17 exhaled 16 quite 17 exhaled 17 exhaled 18 from 18 from 20 landscape 19 the 20 landscape it gleamed in glassy tranquillity , without the trace of a winged breeze on any part of its bosom [.] 1 it 2 gleamed 2 gleamed 3 in 3 in 5 tranquillity 4 glassy 5 tranquillity 5 tranquillity 7 without 6 , 7 without 7 without 9 trace 8 the 9 trace 9 trace 10 of 10 of 13 breeze 11 a 13 breeze 12 winged 13 breeze 13 breeze 14 on 14 on 16 part 15 any 16 part 16 part 17 of 17 of 19 bosom 18 its 19 bosom [beyond] [its] [farther] [shore] [was] [monument] [mountain] [,] [in] [a] [recumbent] [position] [,] [stretching] [almost] [across] [the] [valley] [.] over all this scene there was a genial sunshine , intermingled with a slight haze [,] [which] [made] [it] [unspeakably] [soft] [and] [tender] [.] 1 over 2 all 2 all 3 this 2 all 15 haze 3 this 4 scene 4 scene 5 there 4 scene 10 , 6 was 9 sunshine 6 was 10 , 7 a 8 genial 8 genial 9 sunshine 10 , 11 intermingled 10 , 12 with 12 with 14 slight 13 a 14 slight o , [what] [a] [day] [of] [indian] [summer] [was] [it] [going] [to] [be] [!] 1 o 2 , behind went a good old dog [,] [whose] [name] [was] [ben] [.] 1 behind 2 went 2 went 6 dog 3 a 6 dog 4 good 6 dog 5 old 6 dog end of [project] [gutenberg] ['s] [the] [gorgon] ['s] [head] , [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 1 end 2 of 2 of 10 ,