Lie low.
Perhaps they will pass by without perceiving us." 'And so they might have done, God knows, had not our horses neighed, winding the other horses.' The old man wrung his hands, then hid his eyes with them.
'Never, never can I tell the details of what followed.

We fought, and the princess fought beside us, snatching a scimitar which I was wearing from my side.

Her boldness helped us somewhat to delay the end, for our assailants were her father's people, and they feared to hurt her.

But the end came; it was from the first inevitable.

I was lying helpless on the ground, wounded, but fully conscious, when they slew my lord.