Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and the wedding guests on the top table shrieked in astonishment as Phineus and his sixty men instantly froze. “Why aren’t they moving?” “Oh, my lord—they’re stone!” Perseus put the head back into the satchel and turned to his parents-in-law to be. “I hope you didn’t like him too much.” “My hero . . .” breathed Andromeda. The Head of Medusa. “How did you do that?” shrieked Cassiopeia. “They’re statues. Stone statues! How is this possible?” “Oh, you know,” said Perseus with a modest shrug. “I just happened to meet Medusa the Gorgon last night. Came away with her
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