Identifier: goldenporchbooko00hutc (find matches)
Title: Golden porch : a book of Greek fairy tales
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Hutchinson, W. M. L. (Winifred Margaret Lambart), b. 1868
Subjects: Fairy tales -- Greece
Publisher: New York : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he babe, who was beautiful as the day, looked into Chirons wise old faceand smiled, and Chiron said, See, already he is without fear, this child who is to be so great a warrior. Then he called Philyra and Chariclo,those gentle nurses of many a hero, and gave the babe into their keeping; but he himself made ready supper for Peleus without more words, for he saw that his sorrow was great. Nor did he ask him any more questions till he had cheered him with food and wine, and they were sittingtogether, as of old, beside the hearth. Then,laying his hand on the young mans shoulder, hesaid, Will you not tell me now, my son, whatthis sorrow is, which I can but guess at, that if Icannot help you, at least I may strive to comfortyou ? Little I thought, said Peleus, whenI left this cave the happiest of mortals, that everI should come back with such tidings as I musttell you now. The daughter of Nereus has for-saken me and our child, and gone back to theSea-Kings halls. She told me at the beginning that
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•. - -5,~ -5 THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBTU ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. PELEUS 141 she must leave me for ever the first time I crossedher in anything, for such, she said, is the way ofall the sea-people. And when the babe was born,I woke one night and saw her steal out of ourchamber carrying it in her arms, and I followed• her, to see what she would do. She went into thehall, where the fire still burned on the hearth, andthere, horror-stricken, I saw her thrust the childinto the glowing embers. Who could see thatand not do as I did ? Yet the reproachful lookThetis gave me, as I snatched the babe from her,pierced me to the soul. Did I not warn you,she said, never to cross me ? Had you not hin-dered, I would have made the child weapon-prooffrom head to heel by the power of flame. But Imust leave that work undone. Farewell, fare-well ! With that, quick as a lightning-flash,she darted from the hall and from the palace,and flung herself into the sea. Chiron listened without wonder to

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