Read this excerpt from "atalanta, the fleet-
footed huntress"
which detail best supports the inference that
atalanta will let hippomenes win the race?
"it was easy enough to retrieve the
apple, but while she was doing so,
hippomenes gained upon her
again."
hippomenes heard her footsteps thundering
just a few paces behind him. he took the third
apple and threw it over to one side of the path
where the ground sloped toward the river
atalanta's quick eye saw that it was far more
beautiful than either of the others. if it were not
picked up at once, it would roll down into the
deep water and be lost, and that would never
do. she turned aside from her course and ran
after it it was easy enough to retrieve the
apple, but while she was doing so,
hippomenes gained upon her again. he was
almost to the riverbank how she strained
every muscle now to overtake him!
"she turned aside from her course
and ran after it."
"it would be a great pity if he should
have to die
"he was the finest young man that
she had ever seen, he had given
her three golden apples, and he
had nisked his life to win her"
but after all, she felt that she did not care very
much. he was the finest young man that she
had ever seen, he had given her three golden
apples, and he had nisked his life to win her. it
would be a great pity if he should have to die
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