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Book twenty. Ulysses slept in the
cloister upon an undressed bullock's hide, on

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the top of which he threw several
skins of the sheep the suitors had eaten,

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and Uriname threw a cloak over him. After he had laid himself down

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there. Then Ulysses lay wakefully brooding
upon the way in which he should kill

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the suitors. And by and by
the women who had been in the habit

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of misconducting themselves with them, left
the house, giggling and laughing with one

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another. This made Ulysses very angry, and he doubted whether to get up

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and kill every single one of them
then and there, or to let them

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sleep one more and last time.
With the suitors. His heart growled within

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him, And as a bitch with
puppies growls and shows her teeth when she

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sees a stranger, so did his
heart growl with anger at the evil deeds

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that were being done. But he
beat his breast and said, heart,

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be still, you had worse than
the us to bear on the day when

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the terrible cyclops ate your brave companions. Yet you bore it in silence till

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your cunning got you safe out of
the cave, though you made sure of

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being killed. Thus he chided with
his heart and checked it into endurance.

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But he tossed about as one who
turns a paunch full of blood and fat

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in front of a hot fire,
doing it first on one side and then

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on the other, that he may
get it cooked as soon as possible.

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Even so did he turn himself about
from side to side, thinking all the

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time how single handed as he was, he should contrive to kill so large

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a body of men as the wicked
suitors. But by and by Minerva came

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down from heaven in the likeness of
a woman, and hovered over his head,

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saying, my poor, unhappy man, why do you lie awake in

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this way? This is your house. Your wife is safe inside it,

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and so is your son, who
is just such a young man as any

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father may be proud of. This, answered Ulysses, all that you have

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said is true. But I am
in some doubt as to how I shall

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be able to kill these wicked suitors
single handed, seeing what a number of

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them there always are. And there
is this further difficulty which is still more

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considerable. Supposing that with joves and
your assistance, I succeed in killing them,

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I must ask you to consider where
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avengers when it is all over.
For shame, replied Minerva. Why anyone

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else would trust a worse ally than
myself, even though that ally were only

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a mortal end less wise than I
am? Am? I not a goddess,

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and have I not protected you throughout
in all your troubles? I tell

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you plainly that even though there were
fifty bands of men surrounding us and eager

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to kill us, you should take
all their sheep and cattle and drive them

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away with you. But go to
sleep. It is a very bad thing

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to lie awake all night, and
you shall be out of your troubles Before

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long as she spoke, she shed
sleep over his eyes, and then went

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back to Olympus. While Ulysses was
thus yielding himself to a very deep slumber

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that eased the burden of his sorrows, his admirable wife awoke, and,

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sitting up in her bed, began
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by weeping, she prayed to Diana, saying, Great Goddess Diana, daughter

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of Jove, drive an arrow into
my heart and slay me, or let

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some whirlwind snatch me up and bear
me through paths of darkness till it dropped

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me into the mouths of overflowing oceanus
as it did the daughters of Pandareus.

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The daughters of Pandareus lost their father
and mother, for the gods killed them,

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so they were left orphans. But
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them on cheese, honey, and
sweet wine. Juno taught them to excel

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all women in beauty of form and
understanding. Diana gave them an imposing presents,

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and Minerva endowed them with every kind
of accomplishment. But one day,

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when Venus had gone up to Olympus
to see Jove about getting them married for

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a well, does he know both
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every one? The storm winds came
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the dread ereiny Is. Even so, I wish that the gods who live

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in heaven would hide me from mortal
sight, or that fair Diana might strike

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me, for I would fain go
even beneath the sad earth if I might

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do so, still looking towards Ulysses
only and without having to yield myself to

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a worse man than he was.
Besides, no matter how much people may

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grieve by day, they can put
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sleep at night. For when the
eyes are closed in slumber, people forget

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good and ill alike. Whereas my
misery haunts me even in my dreams.

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This very night, methought, there
was one lying by my side who was

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like Ulysses as he was when he
went away with his host. And I

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rejoiced, for I believed that it
was no dream, but the very truth

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itself. On this day broke,
But Ulysses heard the sound of her weeping,

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and it puzzled him, for it
seemed as though she already knew him

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and was by his side. Then
he gathered up the cloak and the fleeces

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on which he had lain, and
set them on a seat in the cloister.

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But he took the bullocks hide out
into the open. He lifted up

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his hands to heaven and prayed,
saying, Father Jove, since you have

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seen fit to bring me over land
and sea to my own home, after

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all the afflictions you have laid upon
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the mouth of some one or other
of those who are now waking within the

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house, and let me have another
sign of some kind from outside. Thus

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did he pray. Jove heard his
prayer, and forthwith thundered high up among

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the clouds from the splendor of Olympus, and sees was glad when he heard

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it. At the same time,
within the house, a millerwoman from hard

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By in the mill room lifted up
her voice and gave him another sign.

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There were twelve millerwomen whose business it
was to grind wheat and barley, which

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are the staff of life. The
others had ground their task and had gone

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to take their rest. But this
one had not yet finished, for she

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was not so strong as they were, and when she heard the thunder,

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she stopped grinding and gave the sign
to her master. Father. Jove said,

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she, you who rule over heaven
and earth, You have thundered from

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a clear sky without so much as
a cloud in it, and this means

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something for somebody. Grant the prayer
then of me, your poor servant,

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who calls upon you, and let
this be the very last day that the

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suitors dine in the house of Ulysses. They have worn me out with the

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labor of grinding meal for them,
and I hope they may never have another

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dinner anywhere at all. Ulysses was
glad he heard the omens conveyed to him

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by the woman's speech and by the
thunder, for he knew they meant that

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he should avenge himself on the suitors. Then the other maids in the house

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rose and lit the fire on the
hearth. Telemachus also rose and put on

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his clothes. He girded his sword
about his shoulder, bound his sandals on

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his comely feet, and took a
doughty spear with a point of sharpened bronze.

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Then he went to the threshold of
the cloister and said to Euryclea,

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nurse, did you make the stranger
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or did you let him shift for
himself? For my mother, good woman,

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though she is, has a way
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people, and of neglecting others who
are in reality much better. Men do

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not find fault, child, said
Euryclea, When there is no one to

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find fault with. The stranger sat
and drank his wine as long as he

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liked. Your mother did ask him
if he would take any more bread,

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he said he would not. When
he wanted to go to bed, she

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told the servants to make one for
him, But he said he was such

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a wretched outcast that he would not
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He insisted on having an undressed bullock's
hide and some sheepskins put for him in

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the cloister, and I threw a
cloak over him myself. Then Telemachus went

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out of the court to the place
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He had his spear in his hand, and he was not alone, for

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his two dogs went with him.
But Eurycleea called the maids and said,

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come wake up. Set about sweeping
the cloisters and sprinkling them with water,

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to lay the dust, put the
covers on the seats, wipe down the

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tables, some of you with a
wet sponge, clean out the mixing jugs

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and the cups, and go for
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The suitors will be here directly.
They will be here early, for it

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is a feast day. Thus did
she speak, and they did even as

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she had said. Twenty of them
went to the fountain for water, and

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the others set themselves busily to work
about the house. The men who were

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in attendance on the suitors also came
up and began chopping firewood. By and

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by the women returned from the fountain, and the swineherd came after them with

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the three best pigs he could pick
out. These he let feed about the

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premises. And then he said,
good humoredly to Ulysses, stranger, are

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the suitors treating you any better now? Or are they as insolent as ever?

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May heaven? Answered Ulysses, requite
to them the wickedness with which they

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deal high handedly in another man's house
without any sense of shame. Thus did

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they converse. Meanwhile, Melanthius,
the goat herd, came up, for

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he too was bringing in his best
goats for the suitor's dinner, and he

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had two shepherds with him. They
tied the goats up under the gate house,

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and then Melanthius began gibing at Ulysses. Are you still here, stranger?

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Said he to pester people by begging
about the house. Why can you

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not go elsewhere? You and I
shall not come to an understanding before we

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have given each other a taste of
our fists. You beg without any sense

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of decency? Are there not feasts
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Ulysses made no answer, but bowed
his head and brooded. Then a

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third man, Filoecius, joined them, who was bringing in a barren heifer

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and some goats. These were brought
over by the boatmen, who are there

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to take people over when anyone comes
to them. So Filocius made his heifer

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and his goats secure under the gate
house, and then went up to the

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swineherd, who swineherd said, he
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Is he one of your men?
What is his family? Where does

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he come from? Poor fellow?
He looks as if he had been some

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great man. But the gods give
sorrow to whom they will, even to

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kings, if it so pleases them. As he spoke, he went up

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to Ulysses and saluted him with his
right hand. Good day to you,

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father, stranger, said he.
You seem to be very poorly off now,

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but I hope you will have better
times by and by Father Jove of

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all gods, you are the most
malicious. We are your own children,

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yet you show us no mercy in
all our misery and afflictions. A sweat

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came over me when I saw this
man, and my eyes filled with tears,

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for he reminds me of Ulysses,
who I fear is going about in

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just such rags as this man's are, if indeed he is still among the

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living, if he is already dead
and in the house of Hades, then

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alas for my good master, who
made me his stockman when I was quite

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young among the Cephalenians, and now
his cattle are countless, no one could

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have done better with them than I
have, for they have bread like ears

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of corn. Nevertheless, I have
to keep bringing them in for others to

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eat, who take no heed to
his son, though he is in the

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house, and you're not the wrath
of Heaven, but are already eager to

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divide ulysses property among them. Because
he has been away so long. I

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have often thought only it would not
be right while his son is living,

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of going off with the cattle to
some foreign country. Bad as this would

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be, it is still harder to
stay here and be ill treated about other

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people's herds. My position is intolerable, and I should long since have run

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away and put myself under the protection
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believe my poor master will yet return
and send all these suitors flying out of

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the house. Stockman answered, Ulysses, you seem to be a very well

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disposed person, and I can see
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Therefore I will tell you and will
confirm my words with an oath by Jove,

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the chief of all gods, and
by that hearth of Ulysses, to

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which I am now come. Ulysses
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and if you are so minded you
shall I'll see him killing the suitors who

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are now masters here. If Jove
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the stockman, you should see how
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him. And in like manner,
Eumaeus prayed that Ulysses might return home.

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Thus did they converse. Meanwhile,
the suitors were hatching a plot to murder

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Telemachus. But a bird flew near
them on their left hand, an eagle

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with a dove in its talons.
On this, Amphinomus said, my friends,

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this plot of ours to murder Telemachus
will not succeed. Let us go

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to dinner instead. The others assented, so they went inside and laid their

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cloaks on the benches and seats.
They sacrificed the sheep, goats, pigs,

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and the heifer, and when the
inward meats were cooked, they served

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them round. They mixed the wine
in the mixing bowls, and the swineherd

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gave every man his cup, while
Filoecius handed round the bread in the bread

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basket, and Melanthius poured them out
their wine. Then they laid their hands

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upon the good things that were before
them. Telemachus purposely made Ulysses sit in

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the part of the cloister that was
paved with stone. He gave him a

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shabby looking seat at a little table
to himself, and had his portion of

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the inward meats brought to him,
with his wine in a gold cup.

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Sit there, said he, and
drink your wine among the great people.

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I will put a stop to the
gibes and blows of the suitors, for

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this is no public house, but
belongs to Ulysses, and has passed from

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him to me. Therefore, suitors, keep your hands and your tongues to

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yourselves, or there will be mischief. The suitors bit their lips and marveled

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at the boldness of his speech.
Then Antinus said, we do not like

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such language, but we will put
up with it, for Telemachus is threatening

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us in good earnest. If Jove
had let us, we should have put

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a stop to his brave talk air. Now, thus spoke Antinus, but

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Telemachus heeded him not. Meanwhile,
the heralds were bringing the holy Hecatombe through

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the city, and the Achaeans gathered
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they roasted the outer meat, drew
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his portion, and feasted to their
hearts content. Those who waited at table

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gave Ulysses exactly the same portion as
the others had, for Telemachus had told

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them to do so. But Minerva
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drop their insolence, for she wanted
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Now there happened to be among them
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Catessippus, and who came from Sammeh. This man, confident in his great

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wealth, was paying court to the
wife of Ulysses, and said to the

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suitors, hear what I have to
say. The stranger has already had as

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large a portion as any one else. This is well, for it is

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not right nor reasonable to ill treat
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I will, however, make him
a present on my own account, that

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he may have something to give to
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servants. As he spoke, he
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basket in which it lay, and
threw it at Ulysses. But Ulysses turned

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his head a little aside and avoided
it, smiling grimly Sardinian fashion as he

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did so, and it hit the
wall, not him. On this Telemachus

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spoke fiercely to Psysippus. It is
a good thing for you, said he,

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that the stranger turned his head so
that you missed him. If you

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had hit him, I should have
run you through with my spear, and

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your father would have had to see
about getting you buried rather than married in

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this house. So let me have
no more unseemly behavior from any of you,

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for I am grown up now to
the knowledge of good and evil and

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understand what is going on, instead
of being the child that I have been.

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Heretofore, I have long seen you
killing my sheepened, making free with

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my corn and wine. I have
put up with this, for one man

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is no match for many. But
do me no further violence. Still,

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if you wish to kill me,
kill me. I would far rather die

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than see such disgraceful scenes. Day
after day, guests insulted, and men

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dragging the women servants about the house
in an unseemly way. They all held

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their peace till at last Agilaus,
son of Damastor, said, no one

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should take offense at what has just
been said, nor gainsay it, for

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it is quite reasonable. Leave off. Therefore, ill treating the stranger or

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any one else of the servants who
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however, a friendly word to Telemmachus
and his mother, which I trust

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may commend itself to both as long, I would say, as you had

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ground for hoping that Ulysses would one
day come home, no one could complain

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of your waiting and suffering the suitors
to be in your house. It would

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have been at her that he should
have returned, But it is now sufficiently

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clear that he will never do so. Therefore, talk all this quietly over

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with your mother, and tell her
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one who makes her the most advantageous
offer. Thus, you will yourself be

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able to manage your own inheritance,
and to eat and drink in peace,

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while your mother will look after some
other man's house, not yours. To

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this, Telemachus answered, by Jove
Agilaus, and by the sorrows of my

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unhappy father, who has either perished
far from Ithaca or is wandering in some

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distant land, I throw no obstacles
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On the contrary, I urge her
to choose whomsoever she will, and I

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will give her numberless gifts into the
bargain. But I dare not insist point

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blank that she shall leave the house
against her own wishes. Heaven forbid that

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I should do this. Minerva now
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and set their wits oneing. But
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Their meat became smeared with blood,
their eyes filled with tears, and

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their hearts were heavy with forebodings.
Theo Clemenus saw this and said, unhappy

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men, what is it that ails
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drawn over you from head to foot. Your cheeks are wet with tears.

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The air is alive with wailing voices. The walls and roof beams drip blood.

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The gait of the cloisters, and
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ghosts trooping down into the night of
hell. The sun is blotted out of

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heaven, and a blighting gloom is
over all the land. Thus did he

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speak, and they all of them
laughed heartily. Eurymachus then said, this

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stranger who has lately come here has
lost his senses. Servants turn him out

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into the streets, since he finds
it so dark here. But theo Clemenus

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said, Eurymachus, you need not
send anyone with me. Have eyes,

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ears, and a pair of feet
of my own, to say nothing of

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an understanding mind. I will take
these out of the house with me,

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for I see mischief overhanging you,
from which not one of you men who

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are insulting people and plotting ill deeds
in the house of Ulysses, will be

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able to escape. He left the
house as he spoke, and went back

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to Piraeus, who gave him welcome. But the suitors kept looking at one

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another and provoking Telemachus by laughing at
the strangers. One insolent fellow said to

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him, Telemachus, you are not
happy in your guests. First you have

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this importunate tramp who comes begging bread
and wine, and has no skill for

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work or for hard fighting, but
is perfectly useless. And now here is

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another fellow who is setting himself up
as a prophet. Let me persuade you,

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for it will be much better to
put them on board ship and send

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them off to the sea cells to
sell for what they will bring. Telemachus

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gave him no heed, but sat
silently watching his father, expecting every moment

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that he would begin his attack upon
the suitors. Meanwhile, the daughter of

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Acarius, wise Penelope, had had
a rich seat placed for her, facing

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the court and cloisters, so that
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The dinner, indeed, had been
prepared amid much merriment. It had been

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both good and abundant, for they
had sacrificed many victims. But the supper

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was yet to come, and nothing
can be conceived more gruesome than the meal

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which a goddess and a brave man
were soon to lay before them, For

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they had brought their doom upon themselves. End of book twenty