Say to the lad also that, being one afflicted by the gods, Pharaoh frees him from the making of bricks and all other labour of the State." Now while I did these things the overseer and his companions beat their heads upon the ground and prayed for mercy, being cowards as the cruel always are.

His Highness answered them never a word, but only looked at them with cold eyes, and I noted that his face which was so kind had grown terrible.

So those men thought also, for that night they ran away to Syria, leaving their families and all their goods behind them, nor were they ever seen again in Egypt.
When I had finished writing the Prince turned and, walking to where the chariot waited, bade the driver cross the canal by a bridge there was here.

We drove on a while in silence, following a track which ran between the cultivated land and the desert.

At length I pointed to the sinking sun and asked if it were not time to return.
"Why ?" replied the Prince.