Eumaeus sprang to his feet, and the bowls in which he was mixing wine fell from his hands, as he made towards his master.
Ulysses said that the master of Eumaeus would certainly come home, and told a long story about himself.
Telemachus went to the town alone, bidding Eumaeus bring the stranger with him.
Telemachus sprang to his father's side, Eumaeus stood by him, and the fighting was short and bitter.
Then he roused Telemachus, Philoetius, and Eumaeus, and told them all to put on their armour also.
