“If you really want to break Trojans’ hearts,” he said, “you should find your way into the city—there’s a secret entrance I can describe to you. One or two men might be able to pass through it unchallenged, so long as they look harmless. They should go to the temple of Athena and steal the wooden idol we call the Palladium. The Luck of Troy. It fell from heaven at the feet of my great- great-grandfather. While it remains within the city walls Troy cannot fall.”
