The wretched culprit caught one of his feet, hoping to detain him, but she was drawn after him into the open air, and instantly dropped to the ground. […] Venus then leading the way from the bam to the open air, commanded Psyche to follow. […] Baucis raked away the ashes, and spread opt the uncovered coals, which brightened and glowed as the air fanned them; she next applied to them brushwood and chips. […] The hand was that of Envy, and, wherever she came, the very air seemed to be filled with her presence. […] The god then rose at once to the stature of a man, and assumed an air of authority.