"I struggled with this man and the key was in my left hand though he did not know it at the time, and with it some of the chain.

Compare them and judge.

Also his mask slipped and I saw his face and knew him again." Peroa laid the pieces of the chain together and observed the workmanship which was Eastern and rare.

Then he clapped his hands, at which sign armed men of his household entered from behind him.
"It is the same," he said.

"Butler of Idernes, you are a common thief." The man strove to answer, but could not for the deed was proved against him.
"Then, O Prince," asked Bes, "what is the punishment of those thieves who attack passers-by with violence in the streets of Memphis, for such I demand on him ?" "The cutting off of the right hand and scourging," answered Peroa, at which words the butler turned to fly.