Stories from the classics . e pleased and do not bark. He had hardly finished speaking when his own dearson stood in the doorway. The swineherd started upand dropped the vessels in which he was mixing thewine. He went to meet his young master and fell onhis neck and kissed him as a father would kiss an onlyson escaped from death. Light of my eyes, dear son,have you come home at last ? When you sailed awayto Pylos, I never thought to see you again. But comein and let me feast my eyes upon you; for you do notoften visit us, but are kept at home in the town, watch-ing that crowd of ruinous suitor
Stories from the classics . e pleased and do not bark. He had hardly finished speaking when his own dearson stood in the doorway. The swineherd started upand dropped the vessels in which he was mixing thewine. He went to meet his young master and fell onhis neck and kissed him as a father would kiss an onlyson escaped from death. Light of my eyes, dear son,have you come home at last ? When you sailed awayto Pylos, I never thought to see you again. But comein and let me feast my eyes upon you; for you do notoften visit us, but are kept at home in the town, watch-ing that crowd of ruinous suitors. And Telemachus answered, Gladly, good father;I have come to see you, and to hear tidings of mymother. Then the swineherd told him that his mother stillwaited patiently at home, and spent her days and nightsin weeping. Then Telemachus went into the house, and as hecame up Ulysses rose to give him his seat, but he wouldnot take it, and said, Keep your seat, stranger, thisman shall make up another for me. So Ulysses sat 344. »^ DEAR SON, HAVE YOU COME HOME AT LAST? WHEN YOU SAILEDAWAY TO PYLOS, 1 NEVER THOUGHT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BUT COMEIN AND LET ME EEAST MY EYES UPON YOU; FOR YOU DO NOTOFTEN AISIT US, BUT ARE KEPT AT HOME IN THE TOWN, WATCH-ING THAT CROWD OF RUINOUS SUITORS. AND TELEMACHUS AN-SWERED, GLADLY, GOOD FATHER; I HAVE COME TO SEE YOU,AND TO HEAR TIDINGS OF MY MOTHER. THEN THE SWINEHERDTOLD HIM THAT HIS MOTHER STILL WAITED PATIENTLY AT HOME ^ yj AT THE HOUSE OF THE SWINEHERD down again, and the swineherd made a seat for Tele-machus of the green brushwood and put a fleece uponit. Then he set food before them, and w^hen they hadeaten, Telemachus asked who ths stranger was, andhow he had come to Ithac?.. And Eumaeus told himUlyssess own story and begged him to protect thew^anderer. But Telemachus thought of the suitors anddid not wish to take him to the palace. I will give him a coat and a vest, he said, andshoes for his feet, and a two-edged sword, and I willsend him o
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