but this was only a small and vanishing shadow on his general complacency of spirit : his throat did not hurt quite so much , and gong su was now making another pot of soup , which temeraire expected to enjoy a great deal in the morning - flavored this time with the small yellow fruits of one of the bushes which temeraire had torn up ; tharkay had pointed it out as having been harvested a little by the aborigines , he thought , and an experimental taste had not caused any discomfort : a little sweetness , and a strong flavor rather like tomatoes , although they looked more nearly like raisins .