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My prophecies never came true, they said, failing to observe that my warning as to what would be was in itself the cause of their non fulfilment. MY PROPHECIES NEVER CAME TRUE THEY SAID FAILING TO OBSERVE THAT MY WARNING AS TO WHAT WOULD BE WAS IN ITSELF THE CAUSE OF THEIR NON FULFILMENT
r heard about that,” said Trilby. “It sounds like a very funny story, though.” “Well, it wasn’t so humorous for some as it was for others,” said Cassandra, with a sly glance at Helen. “The fact is, until you mentioned it yourself, it never occurred to me that there was much fun in any portion of the Trojan incident, excepting perhaps the delirium tremens of old Laocoon, who got no more than he deserved for stealing my thunder. I had warned Troy against the Greeks, and they all laughed at me, and said my eye to the future was strabismatic; that the Greeks couldn’t get into Troy at all, even if they wanted to. And then the Greeks made a great wooden horse as a gift for the Trojans, and when I turned my X-ray gaze upon it I saw that it contained about six brigades of infantry, three artillery regiments, and sharp-shooters by the score. It was a sort of military Noah’s Ark; but I knew that the prejudice against me was so strong that nobody would believe what I told them. So I said nothing.  DEPICTED BY VIRGIL I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THAT SAID TRILVIE IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY FUNNY STORY THOUGH WELL IT WASN'T SO HUMOROUS FOR SOME AS IT WAS FOR OTHERS SAID CASSANDRA WITH A SLY GLANCE AT HELEN THE FACT IS UNTIL YOU MENTIONED IT YOURSELF IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT THERE WAS MUCH FUN IN ANY PORTION OF THE TROJAN INCIDENT EXCEPTING PERHAPS THE DELIRIUM TREMENDS OF OLD LAOCOON WHO GOT NO MORE THAN HE DESERVED FOR STEALING MY THUNDER I HAD WARNED TROY AGAINST THE GREEKS AND THEY ALL LAUGHED AT ME AND SAID MY EYE TO THE FUTURE WAS STRAVASMATIC BUT THE GREEKS COULDN'T GET INTO TROY AT ALL EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO AND THEN THE GREEKS MADE A GREAT WOODEN HORSE AS A GIFT FOR THE TROJANS AND WHEN I TURNED MY EX RAY GAZE UPON IT I SAW THAT IT CONTAINED ABOUT SIX BRIGADES OF INFANTRY THREE ARTILLERY REGIMENTS AND SHARPSHOOTERS BY THE SCORE IT WAS A SORT OF MILITARY NOAH'S ARK BUT I KNEW THAT THE PREJUDICE AGAINST ME WAS SO STRONG THAT NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE WHAT I HAD TOLD THEM SO I SAID NOTHING
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