Co. How many Years was he from Home?
Pa. Twenty.
Co. You have been absent more than twenty Years, and yet I knew your Face again. But who tells that Story of Ulysses?
Pa. Homer.
Co. He? They say he's the Father of all fabulous Stories. It may be his Wife had gotten herself a Gallant in the mean time, and therefore did not know her own Ulysses.
Pa. No, nothing of that, she was one of the chastest Women in the World. But Pallas had made Ulysses look old, that he might not be known.
Co. How came he to be known at last?
Pa. By a little Wart that he had upon one of his Toes. His Nurse, who was now a very old Woman, took Notice of that as she was washing his Feet.
Co. A curious old Hagg. Well then, do you admire that I know you that have so remarkable a Nose.
Pa. I am not at all sorry for this Nose.