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Well, he greeted me in very friendly way and
asked me how I was getting on. I told him
everything, and naturally in my own tum wanted to
know how he was getting on, and whether he had
made up his mind to take the trip to Greece again.
Beginning:-to talk on these topics and to explain
his position, my dear fellow, he poured enough
ambrosial speech over me to put out of date the
famous Sirens
<note xml:lang="eng" n="1">Odyss. 12, 39 ; 167.</note>
(if there ever were any) and the
nightingales
<note xml:lang="eng" n="2">Odyss. 19, 518.</note> and the lotus of Homer.
<note xml:lang="eng" n="3">Odyss. 9, 94. The lotus is mentioned because of its
effect. 1t made Odysseus’ shipmates
<quote><l>Among the Lotus-eaters fain to stay</l><l>And gather lotus, and forget their homes.</l></quote></note> A divine

utterance!
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