So she spoke, and Penelope was glad, and she leapt from her bed and flung her arms about the old woman and let the tears fall from her eyelids;
ὣς ἔφαθ' , ἡ δ' ἐχάρη καὶ ἀπὸ λέκτροιο θοροῦσα γρηῒ περιπλέχθη , βλεφάρων δ' ἀπὸ δάκρυον ἧκεν ·
ὡς φημί , ὁ δέ χαίρω καί ἀπό λέκτρον θρῴσκω γραῦς περιπλέκω , βλέφαρον δέ ἀπό δάκρυον ἵημι ·