This was sufficient; and the utmost Ceres could obtain, was that she should pass six months of the year with her mother and six months with Pluto, when she became his wife. […] But so insolent an act could not remain unpunished, and Jupiter exiled him from Heaven. […] Scarcely had he uttered the oath, than the gods, who could not absolve him from it, rallied him on his folly. […] The next night came, and Psyche, when she heard the thrilling tones of her husband’s voice, could scarcely keep her secret. […] When Thetis found she could not elude the vigilance of Peleus, she consented to marry him, though much against her inclination.