The Trials

... she ran straight toward him and threw her arms around the neck of Odysseus and she kissed his head and said: "Don't be angry with me, O Odysseus, for in all other things you were the wisest of men.

And after Odysseus was bathed, he told Penelope about the secret of their marriage bed:

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Penelope and Odysseus

Here Penelope says that Odysseus has been acting foolish, for all other things you were the wisest.

So do not be angry with me for this, nor resent me, because I did not welcome you when I first saw you.

You see, she did recognize him the first time she saw him.

... and she stirred in Odysseus still more the urge to weep, and he cried, holding his beloved wife in his arms she who was true of heart.

She is true of heart allright. But this is not the end of the story. Odysseus says to Penelope:

Wife, we have not come to the end of our trials. There is still measureless labor ahead of us, long and hard, that I must see through to the end. For thus did the breath-soul of Tiresias prophesy to me on that day when I went down into the house of the Hades to learn of the homecoming for my companions and myself.

Penelope replies:

... come, tell me what is this trail. In time to come, as I think, I will learn of it. To know it at once is not a worse thing.

Odysseus says:

Alright, I will tell you, and I will hide nothing. You won't be happy about it, nor am I mydelf happy about it.

This must be a life changing trial. So, the story isn't over yet, not by far. But for now let's summerize our findings.