We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends.

If modern Javanese table manners are still nearly the same as those prevailing in 14th-century Majapahit, finishing the plates was considered unmannerly and an indication of greed. The partly emptied plates were given to the servants to finish.

He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.