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She was a large coarse-looking woman, and with her were three boys, her own two and Alcibiades, a handsome lad, who was a ward of Pericles and a member of his family. Melas approached her and opened his cloak. "Why, Melas, what have you there?" cried Telesippe in amazement, as she saw the little black rain. "A portent, Madam," said Melas with solemnity.
"This ram, born on your husband's farm, is a prodigy, it has but one horn. I have brought it to you, that the omen might be interpreted. I trust it may prove a favorable one." Telesippe looked at the lamb and turned pale. She struck her hands together. The porter and another slave at once appeared.
The doorways which opened into the various rooms of the house were hung with blue curtains. A room opening into the court at the back had a hearth-fire in the middle of it, much like that in the children's own home. Soon a door in the back of the house opened, and Telesippe, the wife of Pericles, appeared.
Although Telesippe was evidently disturbed and anxious about the portent, she now turned her attention to the basket, which Dion and Daphne had placed before her, and when their luncheon had been taken out, she called a slave woman and gave the fowl and the eggs and cheese into her care.
"What shall be done with the ram?" asked Telesippe, when Lampon again lifted his head. "Let it be sent to the temple as an offering. Since it is black it must be sacrificed to the Gods of the lower world," answered the priest. Telesippe at once called a slave.
"It burns with a crackling sound," he said; "the omen is therefore favorable to your house, O Pericles. Instead of two horns, the animal has but one! Instead of two factions in Athens, one favorable to Pericles, one opposed, there will henceforth be but one! All the city will unite under the leadership of Pericles the Olympian." "The Gods be praised!" exclaimed Telesippe, with fervor.
"And these little boys," he added, smiling pleasantly at the Twins, "they too have done their share in bringing the portent. They must have a reward as well." He gave them each a coin, and, when he had received their thanks, at once left the house, followed by Anaxagoras. The Twins and Melas then said good-bye to Telesippe and the boys and took their leave.
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