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shirt, cloak, and sandals given to Eumaeus by his mistress

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shirt, cloak, and sandals given to Eumaeus by his mistress
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Eumaeus’s mistress outfits him with a good shirt, cloak, and sandals before sending him into the country.

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“my mistress gave me a good shirt and cloak with a pair of sandals for my feet, and sent me off into the country”

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“my mistress gave me a good shirt and cloak with a pair of sandals for my feet”

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Book 15 · Passage 31

‘I will tell you all about them,’ replied Eumaeus, ‘Laertes is still living and prays heaven to let him depart peacefully in his own house, for he is terribly distressed about the absence of his son, and also about the death of his wife, which grieved him greatly and aged him more than anything else did. She came to an unhappy end {133} through sorrow for her son: may no friend or neighbour who has dealt kindly by me come to such an end as she did. As long as she was still living, though she was always grieving, I used to like seeing her and asking her how she did, for she brought me up along with her daughter Ctimene, the youngest of her children; we were boy and girl together, and she made little difference between us. When, however, we both grew up, they sent Ctimene to Same and received a splendid dowry for her. As for me, my mistress gave me a good shirt and cloak with a pair of sandals for my feet, and sent me off into the country, but she was just as fond of me as ever. This is all over now. Still it has pleased heaven to prosper my work in the situation which I now hold. I have enough to eat and drink, and can find something for any respectable stranger who comes here; but there is no getting a kind word or deed out of my mistress, for the house has fallen into the hands of wicked people. Servants want sometimes to see their mistress and have a talk with her; they like to have something to eat and drink at the house, and something too to take back with them into the country. This is what will keep servants in a good humour.’