Retire, Scribe Ana, Councillor and King's Companion." So I withdrew confused, and as I passed Seti, he whispered in my ear: "I pray you, my lord, do not cease to be Prince's Companion, because you have become that of the King." Then Pharaoh ordered that the Captain of the guard should be advanced in rank, and that gifts should be given to each of the soldiers, and provision be made for the children of those who had been killed, with double allowance to the families of the two men whom I had disguised as runners.
This done, once more Pharaoh spoke, slowly and with much meaning, having first ordered that all attendants and guards should leave the chamber.

I was about to go also, but old Bakenkhonsu caught me by the robe, saying that in my new rank of Councillor I had the right to remain.
"Prince Seti," he said, "after all that I have heard, I find this report of yours strange reading.

Moreover, the tenor of it is different indeed to that of those of the Count Amenmeses and the officers.

You counsel me to let these Israelites go where they will, because of certain hardships that they have suffered in the past, which hardships, however, have left them many and rich.

That counsel I am not minded to take.