“What were those women who lured a man into a cave and made a swine of him?”
Her appeal was to Brassid.
“I suppose you mean the sirens.”
“Yes, that was their name. That woman is a siren!”
“And you’re in love with her!” charged the lady who was deaf, in a thick voice.
“In love!” laughed Brassid. “Ha, ha, ha!”
“Yes, ha, ha, ha!” mimicked the lady who snuffed.
“I never saw her till to-day,” said Brassid.
“Neither did that other man see the sirens until he passed them on his way home.”
This convicted him before the six.