The princess Amineh lacked a man's endurance, and her woman suffered greatly from fatigue.

Their weakness had to be considered, and there came a time when it was evident that they could go no further without rest.
'We were then within a short day's journey of the nearest Government post, attaining which we should have been in safety.

We took refuge in a ruined sheepcote.

I was keeping the look-out while all the others slept, when I noticed a small cloud of dust uprising in the distance.
I roused my lord, and told him: "The pursuers come." He looked upon the princess and her maiden: they lay fast asleep, exhausted by fatigue.
'"Let be," he said.

"There is no hope for us in flight.