She was then quite young and very pretty; one of Abi's women.

It seems that the Prince struck her for some fault, and being clever she determined to be revenged upon him.

Soon she got her chance, for she heard Abi disclose to the astrologer Kaku, that same man whom you saw to-night talking with her, a plan that he had made to murder Pharaoh and declare himself king, from which Kaku dissuaded him.

Having this secret and being bold, she fled at once from the ship of Abi, and that night told Pharaoh everything.

But he forgave Abi, and sent him home again with honour who should have slain him for his treason.