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Hear you that, Medon? Oh, what pleasure! I declare I shall not sleep a wink till I see it; they say it has such a roar! 'Poor fool! said Medon, sadly and cynically. 'Fool me no fool, old churl! It is a pretty thing, a tiger, especially if we could but find somebody for him to eat.
"He was the Consul’s slave," answered Arvina, almost mechanically—for he was utterly bewildered by all that had passed—"Medon, my freedman Thrasea’s cousin." "The Consul’s, ha!—which Consul’s? speak! fool! speak, ere I tear it from your throat; Cicero’s, ha?" "Cicero’s, Catiline!" "Here is a coil; and knows he of this matter? I mean Cicero." "He knows it." "That is to say, you told him.
Nay, it is plain what spirit ye are of, and your unseemly deeds are manifest to all, nor is there any gratitude left for kindness done. Then Medon, wise of heart, answered her: 'Would, oh queen, that this were the crowning evil! But the wooers devise another far greater and more grievous, which I pray the son of Cronos may never fulfil!
'Hast thou heard the news, old Medon? said a young woman, with a pitcher in her hand, as she paused by Diomed's door to gossip a moment with the slave, ere she repaired to the neighboring inn to fill the vessel, and coquet with the travellers. 'The news! what news? said the slave, raising his eyes moodily from the ground.
She knew of the plot against Telemachus, for the servant Medon had overheard their counsels and had told her; she went down therefore to the court attended by her maidens, and when she reached the suitors she stood by one of the bearing-posts supporting the roof of the cloister holding a veil before her face, and rebuked Antinous saying: "Antinous, insolent and wicked schemer, they say you are the best speaker and counsellor of any man your own age in Ithaca, but you are nothing of the kind.
The son of Medon strode quickly through the mob, many of whom recognized his features and profession. 'That is young Lydon, a brave fellow: he fights to-morrow, said one. 'Ah! I have a bet on him, said another; 'see how firmly he walks! 'Good luck to thee, Lydon! said a third. 'A handsome man, by Venus! cried a fifth, who was a girl scarce in her teens.
'Had the earthquake but a few nights since no warning? said Medon. 'Has it not a voice? Did it not say to us all, "Prepare for death; the end of all things is at hand?" 'Bah, stuff! said the young woman, settling the folds of her tunic. 'Now thou talkest as they say the Nazarenes talked methinks thou art one of them.
"As I would recognize mine own in the polished brass, as I do know my father’s sister’s son! for such was he, who lies thus foully slaughtered. Alas! alas! my countryman! wo! wo! for thee, my Medon!
Meanwhile the suitors were disporting themselves, casting weights and aiming with spears in a level place. And when it was the time for supper, Medon, the herald, said, "Come now, let us sup; meat in season is a good thing." So they made ready a feast. Now in the meanwhile Eumaeus and the false beggar were coming to the city.
On the same day Colonel Dennis, with a force of less than 500 infantry and two pieces of artillery, met the cavalry of the enemy in strong force, a few miles west of Medon, and drove them away with great loss. Our troops buried 179 of the enemy's dead, left upon the field. Afterwards it was found that all the houses in the vicinity of the battlefield were turned into hospitals for the wounded.
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