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`` I did not heed the storm on account of Myrtilus 's illness , '' he answered quietly , `` and if you demand it , I will return home at once ; but first let me make one more entreaty , which will be pleasing also to the gods . '' `` Get your response from yonder deity ! '' she impatiently interrupted , pointing with a grand , queenly gesture , which at any other time would have delighted his artist eye , to the statue of Nemesis in the cella . Meanwhile Gula had also turned her face toward Hermon , and he now addressed her , saying with a faint tone of reproach : `` And did hatred lead you also , Gula , to this sanctuary at midnight to implore the goddess to destroy me in her wrath ? '' The young mother rose and pointed to Ledscha , exclaiming , `` She desires it . '' `` And I ? '' he asked gently .