As they drank she made Their senses wander, and their hands let fall The goblets. Now no longer at the board They sat, but sallied forth, and through the town Went to their slumbers, for the power of sleep Had fallen heavily upon their lids. Then blue-eyed Pallas from those sumptuous halls Summoned Telemachus. She took the form And voice of Mentor, and bespake him thus:—
“Telemachus, already at their oars Sit thy well-armed companions and await Thy coming; let us go without delay.”
Thus having spoken, Pallas led the way With rapid footsteps which he followed fast; Till having reached the galley and the sea They found their long-haired comrades at the beach, And thus the gallant prince Telemachus Bespake them:
“Hither, comrades, let us bring The sea-stores from the dwelling where they lie; My mother knows not of it, nor her maids; The secret has been told to one alone.”
He spake, and went before them. In his steps They followed. To the gallant barque they brought The stores, and, as the well-beloved son Of King Ulysses bade, they laid them down Within