Eurycleia goes upstairs to call Penelope, who has slept through the entire fight. Penelope doesn’t believe anything that Eurycleia says, and she remains in astonishment even when she comes downstairs and sees her husband with her own eyes. Telemachus scolds her for not greeting Odysseus more lovingly after his long absence, but Odysseus has other problems to worry about. He has just killed all of the noble young men of Ithaca, their parents will surely be greatly upset. He decides that he and his family will need to lay low at their farm for a while. In the meantime, a minstrel strikes up a happy song so that no passers-by will suspect what has taken place in the palace. Penelope remains cautious and afraid that a god is playing a trick on her. She orders Eurycleia to move her bridal bed, and Odysseus tells her that their bed is immovable, explaining how it is built from the trunk of an olive tree around which the house had been constructed. When Penelope hears this, she knows that this man must be her husband.The next day, Odysseus leaves with Telemachus for Laertes orchard. He gives Penelope instructions not to leave her room or welcome any visitors. Athena cloaks the two in darkness so that no one will see them as they walk through the town.