"Nowthatyouarefree,youshouldthinkofwhoitwasthatnedyoutoallthismiseryandseekyourrevenge.”
"Idon’tevehink．TheculpritisthatabominableMedusa,ofcourse．Irescuedherfromthevengeahegods，butthatungratefulvixenbitthehandthatsavedher．SheleftmeforDimitri,amanshehadneverseenbeforethati,andshehasservedhimloyallyeversineday,Iwillhavemyrevengeandkillbothofthem.”
"Ifyouwillletmearrangeeverything，I’llletyouhaveyourheart’sdesire．Thisobemeticulouslypayputhereinthecaveforthepresent．Wheimeisripe，I’llletyouknowwhattodo.”Cyclopswassilentinption．
"ThatviragoMedusaisodealwith．Sheflyandisinvulnerabletomortalons．IfyoucouldoholdofthebowandarrowDimitriusedtowoundher,shecouldbecaptured.”
"That’seasilydoheyareiicofthepacetogetherwiththeswordIbroughttocutyours．I’lttendtothat.”Cyclopswasgettingimpatient．
"Whenwestart，Ileen?ThefireofrevengeisiwillburoashesifIdon’tdosomething.”
"Thedaywillsoonbehere．Bepatient．YouwillhaveyourrevengeandallDimitri’sbeautieswillbeyours,includingme．Myditionis,hiswealthwillbemine.”
"Ofcourse．Earthlyrichesmeannothingtome．Ijustwanthisbeauties.”ThenIleeodescribetohimthevariousbeauties,theschorlyAisha,theivirginDorna,theorientalLotuswithsmoothsilkenskin...untilCyclopswasoverwhelmedwithlust,swungherfromherfeetandcarriedherimpetuouslytowardsthecave．Fromtheerofhereye,IleencaughtaglimpseofanotherEasterLily，andforabriefmoment,suspilurkedinhersubsciousnessastohowsomanyhugeEasterliliescouldbeinbloomaltoofseasoninthisdesertedspot.Butthen,sharingthesameintensefeelingasCyclops,shethoughtnomoreofit,neverdreamingtheywereinationsofWhiteFairy,whowaskeepingthemunderhersurveilnce．
ThemagnifitEasterLilywasverymuchshockedatthearmingplotshehadactallyeacrossandwasnonplused．Sheremaiheresilentandmotionless，ptingonwhatshouldbedoopthisspiracy．Itwasevidentthatiftheysucceeded,notonlywouldtheloyaeousMedusadie,butKingDimitri’svastkingdomwouldfallintothehandsofthesetwounscrupuloussdrels．Theresultwouldbeunthinkable．Shefinallydecidedthatiopreventtragedyfromhappening,themostpressingthingatthemomentwastotemporarilytakebackthebowandarrowshehadgivenDimitriatparting,beforeIleencouldyherhandsonthem．AgimmediatelyonherdecisioerLilygedintoawispofsmokeandinstantlydisappearedfromview.
Inthedensefog,onlytheoutlineofKingDimitri’sgrandandmajesticpacewasfaintlydisible．Itwasinthedeepofthenightsoeverythingitchdark.Thebeautiesmustallbelingi,dark,silkyfoldsofslumbernd．OnlyMedusawasthere,standingguardatthetopofthehighestroof,alerttoeverysoundandmovement．Asthefogpreventedherfromseeingbeyondafewfeet,shewouldleaveherposteverynowandthen，andflylowaroundthepacetoethebeauties，whomKingDimitriprizedaboveallelse,wereallsafeandsound．Anuneasypremonitionofmisfortunehadbeentroublingher，promptioincreasehervigince．Shehadjustreturherooftopfromoneofheriionswhenaslightsoundfromtheviityoftheatticcaughtherattentioicwasenclosedonallsidesbyabeautifullycarvedptform，onwhichrowsandrowsofbonsaiwereexhibited．Aflowerpotfelndcrashed．Medusaimmediatelydiveddowninafsh．Eyeswidea，shesearchedalround，buttheonlyevidencewasabrokenflowerpot．SeeingahugewhiteEasterLilyinfullbloominapotnearbybroughtaknowingsmiletoherlipsandshesaid，
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