Then Odysseus looked aside and wiped away a tear, easily hiding from Eumaeus what he did; and straightway he questioned him, and said:
αὐτὰρ ὁ νόσφιν ἰδὼν ἀπομόρξατο δάκρυ , ῥεῖα λαθὼν Εὔμαιον , ἄφαρ δ' ἐρεείνετο μύθῳ ·
ἀτάρ ὁ νόσφι εἶδον ἀπομόργνυμι δάκρυον , ῥεῖα λανθάνω Εὔμαιος , ἄφαρ δέ ἐρεείνω μῦθος ·