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When she had done speaking
Eumaios went back to the suitors, for he had explained everything.
Then he went up to Telemakhos and said in his ear so that none could
overhear him, "My dear sir, I will now go back to the pigs, to see
after your property and my own business. You will look to what is
going on here, but above all be careful to keep out of danger, for
there are many who bear you ill will. May Zeus bring them to a bad
end before they do us a mischief."
"Very well," replied Telemakhos,
"go home when you have had your dinner, and in the morning come here
with the victims we are to sacrifice for the day. Leave the rest to
heaven and me."
On this Eumaios took his seat
again, and when he had finished his dinner he left the courts and the
room with the men at table, and went back to his pigs. As for the
suitors, they presently began to amuse themselves with singing and
dancing, for it was now getting on towards evening.
Homer. The Odyssey. Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original. Samuel Butler. Based on public domain edition, revised by Timothy Power and Gregory Nagy. A. C. Fifield, London. 1900 (?).
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