She clapped her hands for joy , and beckoning him to make haste , disappeared among the duskiness of the trees . Espying the two winged sons of the North Wind -LRB- who were disporting themselves in the moonlight , a few hundred feet aloft -RRB- , Jason bade them tell the rest of the Argonauts to embark as speedily as possible . But Lynceus , with his sharp eyes , had already caught a glimpse of him , bringing the Golden Fleece , although several stone walls , a hill , and the black shadows of the Grove of Mars , intervened between . By his advice , the heroes had seated themselves on the benches of the galley , with their oars held perpendicularly , ready to let fall into the water . As Jason drew near , he heard the Talking Image calling to him with more than ordinary eagerness , in its grave , sweet voice : `` Make haste , Prince Jason ! For your life , make haste ! '' With one bound , he leaped aboard . INTRODUCTORY TO `` THE GORGON 'S HEAD . '' Beneath the porch of the country-seat called Tanglewood , one fine autumnal morning , was assembled a merry party of little folks , with a tall youth in the midst of them . They had planned a nutting expedition , and were impatiently waiting for the mists to roll up the hill-slopes , and for the sun to pour the warmth of the Indian summer over the fields and pastures , and into the nooks of the many-colored woods . There was a prospect of as fine a day as ever gladdened the aspect of this beautiful and comfortable world . As yet , however , the morning mist filled up the whole length and breadth of the valley , above which , on a gently sloping eminence , the mansion stood . This body of white vapor extended to within less than a hundred yards of the house . It completely hid everything beyond that distance , except a few ruddy or yellow tree-tops , which here and there emerged , and were glorified by the early sunshine , as was likewise the broad surface of the mist . Four or five miles off to the southward rose the summit of Monument Mountain , and seemed to be floating on a cloud . Some fifteen miles farther away , in the same direction , appeared the loftier Dome of Taconic , looking blue and indistinct , and hardly so substantial as the vapory sea that almost rolled over it . The nearer hills , which bordered the valley , were half submerged , and were specked with little cloud-wreaths all the way to their tops . On the whole , there was so much cloud , and so little solid earth , that it had the effect of a vision . The children above-mentioned , being as full of life as they could hold , kept overflowing from the porch of Tanglewood , and scampering along the gravel-walk , or rushing across the dewy herbage of the lawn . I can hardly tell how many of these small people there were ; not less than nine or ten , however , nor more than a dozen , of all sorts , sizes , and ages , whether girls or boys .
They were brothers , sisters , and cousins , together with a few of their young acquaintances , who had been invited by Mr. and Mrs. Pringle to spend some of this delightful weather with their own children , at XXXXX .
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