Visting with Penelope

The beggar travels to the palace so he may inform Penelope about what he has heard regarding the whereabouts of her long lost and greatly missed husband, Odysseus.  During the delightfully tasty meal, the suitors are very rude, poking fun at the beggar. After the meal, Penelope invites the beggar to her rooms.  There Penelope, not the most secretive of women, lets it slip that she has decided to move on from Odysseus and marry one of the many suitors, clamoring to marry her.  Penelope has designed a test to determine which of the men she is to marry.  Odysseus can not believe what he has just been told. Now he knows he must take the test, because only he is worthy of marring the beautiful Penelope.