The Ontario Readers Third Book . l and strong man, dressed in richgarments, came down to meet Theseus. On hisarms were golden bracelets, and round his necka collar of jewels; and he came forward, bowingcourteously, and held out both his hands, andspoke: Welcome, fair youth, to these mountains ;happy am I to have met you ! For what greaterpleasure to a good man than to entertainstrangers? But I see that you are up to my castle, and rest yourself awhile. I give you thanks, said Theseus ; but Iam in haste to go up the valley. Alas ! you have wandered far from the rightway, and you cann
The Ontario Readers Third Book . l and strong man, dressed in richgarments, came down to meet Theseus. On hisarms were golden bracelets, and round his necka collar of jewels; and he came forward, bowingcourteously, and held out both his hands, andspoke: Welcome, fair youth, to these mountains ;happy am I to have met you ! For what greaterpleasure to a good man than to entertainstrangers? But I see that you are up to my castle, and rest yourself awhile. I give you thanks, said Theseus ; but Iam in haste to go up the valley. Alas ! you have wandered far from the rightway, and you cannot reach your journeys endto-night, for there are many miles of mountainbetween you and it, and steep passes, and cliffsdangerous after nightfall. It is well for youthat I met you, for my whole joy is to findstrangers, and to feast them at my castle, andhear tales from them of foreign lands. Comeup with me, and eat the best of venison, anddrink the rich red wine, and sleep upon myfamous bed, of which all travellers say that they. THE BED OF PROCRUSTES 203 never saw the like. For whatsoever the statureof my guegt, however tall or short, that bed fitshim to a hair, and he sleeps on it as he neverslept before. And he laid hold on Theseushands, and would not let him go. Theseus wished to go forwards : but he wasashamed to seem churlish to so hospitable aman; and he was curious to see that wondrousbed ; and beside, he was hungry and weary : yethe shrank from the man, he knew not why ; for,though his voice was gentle, it was dry andhusky like a toads ; and though his eyes weregentle, they were dull and cold like he consented, and went with the man upa glen wEich led from the road, under the darkshadow-of the cliffs. And as they went up, the glen grew nar-rower, and the cliffs,,^higher and darker, andbeneath them a torrent roared, half seen bet^weenbare linigg^Piis cr^gsT And around them wasneither tree nor bush, while the snow-blastsswept down the glen, cutting and chillin
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