Read the following passage from The Penelopiad: “No sooner had Odysseus returned than he left again. He said that, much as he hated to tear himself away from me, he’d have to go adventuring again. He’d been told by the spirit of the seer Teiresias that he would have to purify himself by carrying an oar so far inland that the people there would mistake it for a winnowing fan. Only in that way could he rinse the blood of the Suitors from himself, avoid their vengeful ghosts and their vengeful relatives, and pacify the anger of the sea-god Poseidon, who was still furious with him for blinding his son the Cyclops.

It was a likely story. But then, all of his stories were likely.”

From this passage, readers can infer that Penelope feels

A. fearful that Odysseus will not survive his next adventure.
B. unsurprised about Odysseus’s departure.
C. excited to hear of Odysseus’s next adventures.
D. devastated that she does not have more time with Odysseus.