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1 But be sure and do as I bid you, for you seem to be a sensible person.
2 When she heard the sure proofs Ulysses now gave her, she fairly broke down.
3 I am from Ithaca, and my father is Ulysses, as surely as that he ever lived.
4 When I heard you had gone to Pylos I made sure I was never going to see you any more.
5 We will be sure, sir," answered Telemachus, "to tell him everything as soon as we see him.
6 '"'Be sure, therefore,' continued Agamemnon, 'and not be too friendly even with your own wife.'
7 The thing shall be done," exclaimed Alcinous, "as surely as I still live and reign over the Phaeacians.
8 They were astounded when they heard this, for they had made sure that Telemachus had not gone to the city of Neleus.
9 But all the time he felt sure it was Minerva, and the suitors from the other side raised an uproar when they saw her.
10 My friends," said he, "this voyage of Telemachus's is a very serious matter; we had made sure that it would come to nothing.
11 I know how obstinate he is, and am sure he will not let you go; he will come down here to fetch you, and he will not go back without you.
12 I swear by king Jove, by the rites of hospitality, and by that hearth of Ulysses to which I have now come, that all will surely happen as I have said it will.
13 Good heavens, this voyage of Telemachus is a very serious matter; we had made sure that it would come to nothing, but the young fellow has got away in spite of us, and with a picked crew too.
14 She kissed his forehead and both his beautiful eyes, "Light of my eyes," she cried as she spoke fondly to him, "so you are come home again; I made sure I was never going to see you any more."
15 He sent me off however before Ulysses returned, for there happened to be a Thesprotian ship sailing for the wheat-growing island of Dulichium, and he told those in charge of her to be sure and take me safely to King Acastus.
16 This man had been looking out for a whole year to make sure that Agamemnon did not give him the slip and prepare war; when, therefore, this man saw Agamemnon go by, he went and told Aegisthus, who at once began to lay a plot for him.
17 Look at Aegisthus; he must needs make love to Agamemnon's wife unrighteously and then kill Agamemnon, though he knew it would be the death of him; for I sent Mercury to warn him not to do either of these things, inasmuch as Orestes would be sure to take his revenge when he grew up and wanted to return home.
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