MONTHLY PACKET OF EVENING READINGS FOR Members of the English Church. EDITED BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, AUTHOR OF THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,' THIRD SERIES. VOLUME XI. PARTS LXI. TO LXVI. JANUARY-JUNE, 1886. LONDON: WALTER SMITH (LATE MOZLEY), 34, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1886. The Monthly Packet. JANUARY, 1886. A MODERN QUEST OF ULYSSES. BY THE EDITOR. CHAPTER I.; 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.' Odyssey (Musgrave). OH! brother, I wish they had named you Télémaque, and then it would have been all right!' Why so, sister? Why should I be called by so ugly a name? I like Ulysses much better; and it is also the name of my papa.' That is the very thing. His name is Ulysses, and we are going to seek for him.' · Oh! I hope that cruel old Mentor is not coming to tumble us down over a great rock, like Télémaque in the picture.' 'You mean Père le Brun?' 'Yes; you know he always says he is our Mentor! And I wish he would change into a goddess with a helmet and a shield, with an ugly face, and go off in a cloud. Do you think he will, Estelle?' 'Do not be so silly, Ulick, there are no goddesses now.' 'I heard M. de la Mêde tell that pretty lady with the diamond butterfly that she was his goddess; so there are! You do not understand, brother. That was only flattery and compliment. Goddesses were only in the Greek mythology, and were all over long ago!' But are we really going to see our papa?' "O yes, mamma told me so. He is made Ambassador to Sweden, you know.' Is that greater than Envoy to Spain?' 'Very, very much greater. They call mamma, Madame l'Ambassadrice; and she is having three complete new dresses made. See, there are la Bonne and Laurent talking. It is English, and if we go near VOL. 11. 1 PART 61. |