"And I said, 'Mother, I had to come here to consult the ghost of the
old Theban prophet Teiresias, I have never yet been near Greece, nor
set foot on my native land, and have had nothing but one long run of
ill luck from the day I set out with Agamemnon to fight at Troy.
But tell me how you came here yourself? Did you have a long and
painful illness or did heaven vouchsafe you a gentle easy passage to
eternity? Tell me also about my father and my son? Is my property
still in their hands, or has someone else got hold of it who thinks
that I shall not return to claim it? How, again, is my wife
conducting herself? Does she live with her son and make a home for
him, or has she married again?'
"My mother answered, 'Your wife is still mistress of your house, but
she is in very great straits and spends the greater part of her time
in tears. No one has actually taken possession of your property,
and Telemachus still holds it. He has to accept a great many
invitations, and gives much the sort of entertainments in return
that may be expected from one in his position.
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