But Quicksilver caught his hand . `` Do n't let them make a fool of you ! '' said he . `` These Three Gray Women are the only persons in the world that can tell you where to find the Nymphs ; and , unless you get that information , you will never succeed in cutting off the head of Medusa with the snaky locks . Keep fast hold of the eye , and all will go well . '' As it turned out , Quicksilver was in the right . There are but few things that people prize so much as they do their eyesight ; and the Gray Women valued their single eye as highly as if it had been half a dozen , which was the number they ought to have had . Finding that there was no other way of recovering it , they at last told Perseus what he wanted to know . No sooner had they done so , than he immediately , and with the utmost respect , clapped the eye into the vacant socket in one of their foreheads , thanked them for their kindness , and bade them farewell . Before the young man was out of hearing , however , they had got into a new dispute , because he happened to have given the eye to Scarecrow , who had already taken her turn of it when their trouble with Perseus commenced . It is greatly to be feared that the Three Gray Women were very much in the habit of disturbing their mutual harmony by bickerings of this sort ; which was the more pity , as they could not conveniently do without one another , and were evidently intended to be inseparable companions . As a general rule , I would advise all people , whether sisters or brothers , old or young , who chance to have but one eye amongst them , to cultivate forbearance , and not all insist upon peeping through it at once . Quicksilver and Perseus , in the mean time , were making the best of their way in quest of the Nymphs . The old dames had given them such particular directions , that they were not long in finding them out . They proved to be very different persons from Nightmare Shakejoint , and Scarecrow ; for , instead of being old , they were young and beautiful ; and instead of one eye amongst the sisterhood , each Nymph had two exceedingly bright eyes of her own , with which she looked very kindly at Perseus . They seemed to be acquainted with Quicksilver ; and when he told them the adventure which Perseus had undertaken , they made no difficulty about giving him the valuable articles that were in their custody . In the first place , they brought out what appeared to be a small purse , made of deer-skin , and curiously embroidered , and bade him be sure and keep it safe . This was the magic wallet . The Nymphs next produced a pair of shoes , or slippers , or sandals , with a nice little pair of wings at the heel of each . `` Put them on , Perseus , '' said Quicksilver .
`` You will find yourself XXXXX light-heeled as you can desire , for the remainder of our journey . ''
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