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Telemachus gave him no heed, but sate silently watching
his father, expecting every moment that he would begin his
attack upon the suitors.
Meanwhile the daughter of Icarius, wise Penelope, had
had a rich seat placed for her facing the court and cloisters,
so that she could hear what every one was saying. The din-
ner indeed had been prepared amid much merriment; it had
been both good and abundant, for they had sacrificed many
victims; but the supper was yet to come, and nothing can be
conceived more gruesome than the meal which a goddess
and a brave man were soon to lay before them—for they had
brought their doom upon themselves.