but we drew the veils around the god 's table , and then afterwards we took away the food , which of course the god marduk in his own way had actually savored and fed upon-through fragrance and through the moisture that he could feel-and we helped set up that meal for the members of the royal family , the royal hostages , and the priests and the eunuchs who would eat the god 's food , or eat at the king 's table .