Book 6 - A Princess At The River

So my friends, as we last left off at the point of walking down the river bank, we shall pick up from there. I fell asleep walking down the open road. Alone. No one by my side, no one to get help from, no one to... yeah, well, you get the point. So I fell like all normal people do, and woke up the next morning. A young girl, of marrying age came by in a chariot and just as she was about to leave, I stopped her in midroad. First she thought I was an enemy of some sort. Then she realized that if there were a war going on, her father wouldn't be at home, and the gods would take care of it anyways, since they like her country, supposedly. Then she thought I was a castaway, which I was. First she was telling me that I should deal with the hardships Zeus has dealt me. I felt like screaming at her that Zeus was the one who bascially brought me to you. But I bit my lip. She allowed me some olive oil and all of the sort so I could take a shower in the river. I couldn't take a real shower because there were young women around who were, most likely to be unmarried. So I simply scrubbed my back and my torso and legs. She told me once she was done to not go with her, but after some time had passed, to lgo to the palace. All this time, all I did was stare stupidly into her face. I swear to Aphrodite, the child was true beauty incarnated. I've never seen such beauty in all of my life. Anyways, she told me how people would talk behind their back if she entered the city with a man whie she was unmarried. I understood, but thought to myself, " Is all people think about protecting their self honor from society and its gossip? What is more important to people, what society says about them, or the truth that they know?" So, anyways, she left, and I stood there praying to Athena, that perhaps this may be the place where I find home at last. You know that line about home and shoping to find it? Yeah, I found a picture to go with it.Its up on the top.