Then it flew towards the edge of the cliff , and looked around at them , as if exceedingly anxious that they should return whence they came . Eurylochus and a few of the others were inclined to turn back . They could not help suspecting that the purple bird must be aware of something mischievous that would befall them at the palace , and the knowledge of which affected its airy spirit with a human sympathy and sorrow . But the rest of the voyagers , snuffing up the smoke from the palace kitchen , ridiculed the idea of returning to the vessel . One of them -LRB- more brutal than his fellows , and the most notorious gormandizer in the crew -RRB- said such a cruel and wicked thing , that I wonder the mere thought did not turn him into a wild beast , in shape , as he already was in his nature . `` This troublesome and impertinent little fowl , '' said he , `` would make a delicate titbit to begin dinner with . Just one plump morsel , melting away between the teeth . If he comes within my reach , I 'll catch him , and give him to the palace cook to be roasted on a skewer . '' The words were hardly out of his mouth , before the purple bird flew away , crying , `` Peep , peep , pe -- weep , '' more dolorously than ever . `` That bird , '' remarked Eurylochus , `` knows more than we do about what awaits us at the palace . '' `` Come on , then , '' cried his comrades , `` and we 'll soon know as much as he does . '' The party , accordingly , went onward through the green and pleasant wood . Every little while they caught new glimpses of the marble palace , which looked more and more beautiful the nearer they approached it . They soon entered a broad pathway , which seemed to be very neatly kept , and which went winding along , with streaks of sunshine falling across it and specks of light quivering among the deepest shadows that fell from the lofty trees . It was bordered , too , with a great many sweet-smelling flowers , such as the mariners had never seen before . So rich and beautiful they were , that , if the shrubs grew wild here , and were native in the soil , then this island was surely the flower garden of the whole earth ; or , if transplanted from some other clime , it must have been from the Happy Islands that lay towards the golden sunset . `` There has been a great deal of pains foolishly wasted on these flowers , '' observed one of the company ; and I tell you what he said , that you may keep in mind what gormandizers they were . `` For my part , if I were the owner of the palace , I would bid my gardener cultivate nothing but savory pot herbs to make a stuffing for roast meat , or to flavor a stew with . '' `` Well said ! '' cried the others .
`` But I 'll warrant you there 's a kitchen garden in the rear XXXXX the palace . ''
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