. Achilles & Hector : Iliad stories retold for boys and girls . Andromache 125. NDROMACHE had heard no tid-ings yet. No messenger had evencome to say that Hector was still withoutthe gates. She sat at her loom, havingcharged the maids to place a caldron onthe fire, that Hector, when he came fromthe battlefield, might find the warm bathready. Suddenl}^ she started, listened. Whatwas that shriek? It came from towardthe gates ; cr}^ followed cry, piercing andwild with grief. She dropped the shuttleand called her maids : Come with me, two of you. That wasmy mother s voice. Some deadly harmhas come
. Achilles & Hector : Iliad stories retold for boys and girls . Andromache 125. NDROMACHE had heard no tid-ings yet. No messenger had evencome to say that Hector was still withoutthe gates. She sat at her loom, havingcharged the maids to place a caldron onthe fire, that Hector, when he came fromthe battlefield, might find the warm bathready. Suddenl}^ she started, listened. Whatwas that shriek? It came from towardthe gates ; cr}^ followed cry, piercing andwild with grief. She dropped the shuttleand called her maids : Come with me, two of you. That wasmy mother s voice. Some deadly harmhas come,—I know not, but I fear Hectorhas been too brave. Ah, he was des-perate!
Size: 2107px × 1185px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookauthorhomer, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1903
