human
Have you performed your promise? inquired he.
gpt
Have you brought me the head of Medusa with the snaky locks? If not, young man, it will cost you dear; for I must have a bridal present for the beautiful Princess Hippodamia, and there is nothing else that she would admire so much.
human
Yes, please your Majesty, answered Perseus, in a quiet way, as if it were no very wonderful deed for such a young man as he to perform.
gpt
I have brought you the Gorgon's head, snaky locks and all!
human
Indeed! Pray let me see it, quoth King Polydectes.
gpt
It must be a very curious spectacle, if all that travelers tell about it be true!
human
Your Majesty is in the right, replied Perseus.
gpt
It is really an object that will be pretty certain to fix the regards of all who look at it. And, if your Majesty think fit, I would suggest that a holiday be proclaimed, and that all your Majesty's subjects be summoned to behold this wonderful curiosity. Few of them, I imagine, have seen a Gorgon's head before, and perhaps never may again!