asked King Ulysses , as soon as he saw him . `` Where are your two and twenty comrades ? '' At these questions , Eurylochus burst into tears . `` Alas ! '' he cried , `` I greatly fear that we shall never see one of their faces again . '' Then he told Ulysses all that had happened , as far as he knew it , and added that he suspected the beautiful woman to be a vile enchantress , and the marble palace , magnificent as it looked , to be only a dismal cavern in reality . As for his companions , he could not imagine what had become of them , unless they had been given to the swine to be devoured alive . At this intelligence , all the voyagers were greatly affrighted . But Ulysses lost no time in girding on his sword , and hanging his bow and quiver over his shoulders , and taking a spear in his right hand . When his followers saw their wise leader making these preparations , they inquired whither he was going , and earnestly besought him not to leave them . `` You are our king , '' cried they ; `` and what is more , you are the wisest man in the whole world , and nothing but your wisdom and courage can get us out of this danger . If you desert us , and go to the enchanted palace , you will suffer the same fate as our poor companions , and not a soul of us will ever see our dear Ithaca again . '' `` As I am your king , '' answered Ulysses , `` and wiser than any of you , it is therefore the more my duty to see what has befallen our comrades , and whether anything can yet be done to rescue them . Wait for me here until tomorrow . If I do not then return , you must hoist sail , and endeavor to find your way to our native land . For my part , I am answerable for the fate of these poor mariners , who have stood by my side in battle , and been so often drenched to the skin , along with me , by the same tempestuous surges . I will either bring them back with me , or perish . '' Had his followers dared , they would have detained him by force . But King Ulysses frowned sternly on them , and shook his spear , and bade them stop him at their peril . Seeing him so determined , they let him go , and sat down on the sand , as disconsolate a set of people as could be , waiting and praying for his return .
It happened to XXXXX , just as before , that , when he had gone a few steps from the edge of the cliff , the purple bird came fluttering towards him , crying , `` Peep , peep , pe -- weep ! ''
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