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and was afterwards killed myself by my son Telegonus,Who being told by his mother whose son he was, travelled to Ithaca to see his father, but being kept back by the guard, and not suffered to have admittance, he slew certain of them, and at length Ulysses being drawn thither by the tumult, Telegonus not knowing who he was, ignorantly slew him. whom I begat of Circe, and am now in the island of the blessed, where I daily repent myself for refusing to live with you, and forsaking the immortality proffered me by you; but if I can spy a convenient time, I will give them all the slip and come to you."
This was the effect of the letter, with some addition concerning us, that we should have entertainment: and far had I not gone from the sea but I found such a cave as Homer speaks of, and she herself working busily at her wool. When she had received the letter, and brought us in, she began to weep and take on grievously, but afterwards
