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"We have made a most interesting discovery," Miss Hugonin airily announced to the world at large. WE HAVE MADE A MOST INTERESTING DISCOVERY MISS HUGON AIRILY ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD AT LARGE
conclaves of Olympus, it appears, are merely nature-myths; the stately legends clustering about them turn out to be a rather elaborate method of expressing the fact that it occasionally rains. The heroes who endured their angers and jests and tragic loves are delicately veiled allusions to the sun--surely, a very harmless topic of conversation, even in Greece; and the monsters, 'Gorgons and Hydras and Chimæras dire,' their grisly offspring, their futile opponents, are but personified frosts. Mythology--the poet's necessity, the fertile mother of his inventions--has become a series of atmospheric phenomena, and the labours of Hercules prove to be a dozen weather bulletins. "Is it any cause for wonder, that under this cheerless influence our poetry is either silent or unsold? The true poet must be ignorant, for information is the thief of rhyme. And it is only in dealing with--" Kennaston paused. Margaret had appeared in the vestibule, and behind her stood her father, looking very grave. OUT OF HIS DEEP SEA PALACE THE CONCLAVES OF OLYMPUS IT APPEARS ARE MERELY NATURE MYTHS THE STATELY LEGENDS CLUSTERING ABOUT THEM TURN OUT TO BE A RATHER ELABORATE METHOD OF EXPRESSING THE FACT THAT IT OCCASIONALLY REIGNS THE HEROES WHO ENDURED THEIR ANGERS AND JESTS AND TRAGIC LOVES ARE DELICATELY VEILED ALLUSIONS TO THE SUN SURELY A VERY HARMLESS TOPIC OF CONVERSATION EVEN IN GREECE AND THE MONSTERS GORGIANS AND HYDRAS AND CAMIRAS DIRE THEIR GRISLY OFFSPRING THEIR FUTILE OPPONENTS ARE BUT PERSONIFIED FROSTS MYTHOLOGY THE POET'S NECESSITY THE FERTILE MOTHER OF HIS INVENTIONS HAS BECOME A SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA AND THE LABOURS OF HERCULES PROVE TO BE A DOZEN WEATHER BULLETINS IS IT ANY CAUSE FOR WONDER THAT UNDER THIS CHEERLESS INFLUENCE OUR POETRY IS EITHER SILENT OR UNSOLD THE TRUE POET MUST BE IGNORANT FOR INFORMATION IS THE THIEF OF RHYME AND IT IS ONLY IN DEALING WITH CONNASTON PAUSED MARGARET HAD APPEARED IN THE VESTIBULE AND BEHIND HER STOOD HER FATHER LOOKING VERY GRAVE
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