A slight refreshment of fruits was set upon a table in one of the apartments, and a concert of music produced by invisible performers was heard. […] Let not the love of your sister, nor the winning ways of the little Itys entice you to forget that here, by the sad Ilyssus, your aged and solitary parent weeps daily for you — weeps that you do not walk by his side, nor sit with him at his table. […] This done, she took out the supper table; one leg was broken, hut she put a smooth stone under it, and made the table stand even, and then she rubbed it all over with mint, which afforded a pleasant odour. […] The chief ornament of the table was an old pitcher of red pottery, stained black in sundry figures, not ungraceful. […] Before the guests rose from the table, some of the company begged Perseus to relate to them his adventures.