1 Thus did we converse, and anon Proserpine sent up the ghosts of the wives and daughters of all the most famous men.
2 Thus did they converse, and they had only a very little time left for sleep, for it was soon daybreak.
3 Thus did they converse, and meanwhile the ship which had brought Telemachus and his crew from Pylos had reached the town of Ithaca.
4 Thus did they converse; meanwhile Melanthius the goatherd came up, for he too was bringing in his best goats for the suitors' dinner; and he had two shepherds with him.
5 Thus did they converse, and presently Mercury came up to them with the ghosts of the suitors who had been killed by Ulysses.
6 Thus did they converse in the house of Hades deep down within the bowels of the earth.
7 Thus did they converse; but the others, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, left off working, and took each his proper place on the benches and seats.
8 I saw by her look she wished no longer to talk to me, but rather to converse with her own thoughts.
9 You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse.
10 The more you and I converse, the better; for while I cannot blight you, you may refresh me.
11 I could join with Diana and Mary in all their occupations; converse with them as much as they wished, and aid them when and where they would allow me.
12 But they are very pleasing women when you converse with them.
13 She could think of nothing more to say; but if he wished to converse with her, he might have better success.
14 I let the poor things converse unmolested, till I supposed the songs were going to cease, and the singers to get some refreshment: then I clambered up the ladder to warn her.
15 I walked to the city without any concern, being clad like one of the natives, and sufficiently instructed to converse with them.