Has the storm cast you on our coasts

4. *Yes, we are "on our return" (= come back) from a ten years'

expedition (il, 21), and the storms have destroyed our ships.' (11,32.)

5. ' I implore you 'on my ' {à) knees to give us hospitality.' (il, 22.)

6. But the Cyclops, who did not fear the gods and did not remember

that Jupiter was the defender of strangers, told Ulysses that he was crazed. (11,24.)

7. ' I don't care for your ^uds,' added {ajouier) he. (il, 28.)

8. What ' has become of ' ( = are become, Past Part, of devenir) your

ships? —

9. Our ships ? — Yes, your sliips ! — Why, have I not told you that they

have been destroyed by the storms? — (11, 32.)

10. ' And so you and your companions here {que voici) have alone

escaped from the shipwreck?' — (11, 34.)

11. You have come 'in the very nick of time' {tout à peint) ; I was

just about to get my supper {sou/cr, m.) ready (to get ready — preparer. )

12. Saying this (= at these words), the ogre seized two of the

strangers, and we never saw them again. (ll, 35.)