"Where is the lake?" one asked.
"Over north there. You can take horse, if you wish to see it-or, better, a boat, for a tributary connects it with the river."
"The Grove of Daphne!" he said, to a third inquirer."Nobody can describe it; only beware! It was begun by Apollo, and completed by him. He prefers it to Olympus. People go there for one look-just one-and never come away. They have a saying which tells it all-'Better be a worm and feed on the mulberries of Daphne than a king's guest.'"