"I discussed another thing with Bek en Chunsu.

You know I rejected the suit of the Regent.

He must secretly be much vexed with me.

That indeed would not alarm me, but he is the guardian and protector appointed over me by my father, and yet can I turn to him in confidence for counsel, and help?
No! I am still a woman, and Rameses' daughter! Sooner will I travel through a thousand deserts than humiliate my father through his child.

By to-morrow I shall have decided; but, indeed, I have already decided to make the journey, hard as it is to leave much that is here.