eft him standing behind the pillar, in the soli-
tude of the outer hall. There Eurylochus waited
until he was quite weary, and listened eagerly
to every sound, but without hearing any thing
that could help him to guess what had become
of his friends. Footsteps, it is true, seemed to
be passing and repassing, in other parts of the
palace. Then there was a clatter of silver dishes,
or golden ones, which made him imagine a rich
feast in a splendid banqueting hall. But by and
by he heard a tremendous grunting and squeal-
ing, and then a sudden scampering, like that of
small, hard hoofs over a marble floor, while the
voices of the mistress and her four handmaidens
were screaming all together, in tones of anger
and derision. Eurylochus could not conceive
Xvhat had happened, unless a drove of swine had
broken into the palace, attracted by the smell of
the feast. Chancing to cast his eyes at the
fountain, he saw that it did not shift its shape, as
formerly, nor looked either like a long-robed man,
or a lion, a tiger, a wolf, or an ass. It looked like
nothing but a hog, which lay wallowing in the
marble basin, and filled it from brim to brim.

But we must leave the prudent Eurylochua

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