light the car drawn by the scaly dragons came to her.
She mounted the car, and she journeyed back to Corinth.

Into Jason's mind a fear of Medea had come since the hour when he had
seen her mount the car drawn by the scaly dragons. He could not think
of her any more as the one who had been his companion on the Argo. He
thought of her as one who could help him and do wonderful things for
him, but not as one whom he could talk softly and lovingly to. Ah, but
if Jason had thought less of his kingdom and less of his triumphing
with the Fleece of Gold, Medea would not have had the dragons come to
her.

And now that his love for Medea had altered, Jason noted the loveliness
of another--of Glauce, the daughter of Creon, the King of Corinth. And
Glauce, who had red lips and the eyes of a child, saw in Jason who had
brought the Golden Fleece out of Colchis the image of every hero she
had heard about in stories. Creon, the king, often brought Jason and
Glauce together, for his hope was that the hero would wed his daughter
and stay in Corinth and strengthen his kingdom. He thought that Medea,
that strange woman, could not keep a companionship with Jason.

Two were walking in the king's garden, and they were Jason and Glauce.
A shadow fell between them, and when Jason looked up he saw Medea's
dragon car. Down flew the dragons, and Medea came from the car and
stood between Jason and the princess. Angrily she spoke to him. "I have
made the kingdom ready for your return," she said, "but if you would go
there you must first let me deal in my own way with this pretty
maiden." And so fiercely did Medea look upon her that Glance shrank
back and clung to Jason for protection. "O, Jason," she cried, "thou
didst say that I am such a one as thou didst dream of when in the
forest with Chiron, before the adventure of the Golden Fleece drew thee
away from the Grecian lands. Oh, save me now from the power of her who
comes in the dragon car." And Jason said: "I said all that thou hast
said, and I will protect thee, O Glauce."

And then Medea thought of the king's house she had left for Jason, and
of the brother whom she had let be slain, and of the plot she had
carried out to bring Jason back to Iolcus, and a great fury came over
her. In her hand she took foam from the jaws of the dragons, and she
cast the foam upon Glauce, and the princess fell back into the arms of
Jason with the dragon foam burning into her.

Then, seeing in his eyes that