Howsoever it be, let us destroy her quickly.

For if she indeed knows not, be sure that her bridegroom is one of the gods: it is a god she bears in her womb.

And let [73] that be far from us! If she be called mother of a god, then will life be more than I can bear." So, full of rage against her, they returned to Psyche, and said to her craftily, "Thou livest in an ignorant bliss, all incurious of thy real danger.

It is a deadly serpent, as we certainly know, that comes to sleep at thy side.

Remember the words of the oracle, which declared thee destined to a cruel beast.