If you will trust to me , I can instruct you how to tame the fiery bulls , and sow the dragon 's teeth , and get the Golden Fleece . '' `` Indeed , beautiful princess , '' answered Jason , `` if you will do me this service , I promise to be grateful to you my whole life long . '' ' Gazing at Medea , he beheld a wonderful intelligence in her face . She was one of those persons whose eyes are full of mystery ; so that , while looking into them , you seem to see a very great way , as into a deep well , yet can never be certain whether you see into the farthest depths , or whether there be not something else hidden at the bottom . If Jason had been capable of fearing anything , he would have been afraid of making this young princess his enemy ; for , beautiful as she now looked , she might , the very next instant , become as terrible as the dragon that kept watch over the Golden Fleece . `` Princess , '' he exclaimed , `` you seem indeed very wise and very powerful . But how can you help me to do the things of which you speak ? Are you an enchantress ? '' `` Yes , Prince Jason , '' answered Medea , with a smile , `` you have hit upon the truth . I am an enchantress . Circe , my father 's sister , taught me to be one , and I could tell you , if I pleased , who was the old woman with the peacock , the pomegranate , and the cuckoo staff , whom you carried over the river ; and , likewise , who it is that speaks through the lips of the oaken image , that stands in the prow of your galley . I am acquainted with some of your secrets , you perceive . It is well for you that I am favorably inclined ; for , otherwise , you would hardly escape being snapped up by the dragon . '' `` I should not so much care for the dragon , '' replied Jason , `` if I only knew how to manage the brazen-footed and fiery-lunged bulls . '' `` If you are as brave as I think you , and as you have need to be , '' said Medea , `` your own bold heart will teach you that there is but one way of dealing with a mad bull . What it is I leave you to find out in the moment of peril . As for the fiery breath of these animals , I have a charmed ointment here , which will prevent you from being burned up , and cure you if you chance to be a little scorched . '' So she put a golden box into his hand , and directed him how to apply the perfumed unguent which it contained , and where to meet her at midnight . `` Only be brave , '' added she , `` and before daybreak the brazen bulls shall be tamed . '' The young man assured her that his heart would not fail him .
He then rejoined his comrades , and told them what had passed between the princess and himself , and warned them XXXXX be in readiness in case there might be need of their help .
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