Jurgen was displeased, but saw no reason for despair. Then Jurgen inquired as to the Queen's husband, and learned that Achilles, the son of Peleus, was now wedded to Helen, the Swan's daughter, and that these two ruled in Pseudopolis. Then the Gods fulfilled the desire of Achilles, because, they said, the man who has once beheld Queen Helen will never an y more regain contentment so long as his life lacks this wonder of the world. But an ancestress is always feminine. Nobody ever heard of a man being an ancestress.
Men are ancestors.
And I was telling you about the Gods, when you made that droll mistake about ancestors. Everybody makes mistakes, sometimes, however, and foreigners are always apt to get words confused. A king is all very well, of course, but no husband wears a crown so as to prevent the affixion of other head-gear. And Jurgen went down into Pseudopolis, swaggering. Why, there is nothing more to say than that she is worthily mated, and fit to be the wife of Achilles.