“I command your wicked, lying powers of speech to be still. From this moment you will be mute unless spoken to. You will have no power to reply except to repeat the last thing that has been said to you. None can undo this curse. Only I can. Understand?” “. . . . can understand!” cried Echo. “That’s what happens when you disobey the gods.” “. . . obey the gods!” “I do not forgive. No mercy.” “. . . give no mercy!”
