It is strange that one whom I thought to be nothing but a dreaming scribe should have shown himself so brave a warrior.

The Prince says that this Ana killed three of those dogs with his own hands, and wounded others." "It was well done, your Highness," answered the physician, "but still better was his forethought in providing a rear-guard and in despatching the charioteer to call it up.

It seems to have been the Hebrew lady who really saved the life of his Highness, when, forgetting her sex, she stabbed the murderer who had him by the throat." "That is the Prince's tale, or so I understand," she answered coldly.
"Yet it seems strange that a weak and worn-out girl could have pierced a giant through from back to breast." "At least she warned him of the ambush, your Highness." "So they say.

Perhaps Ana here will soon tell us the truth about these matters.

Tend him well, physician, and you shall not lack for your reward." Then they went away, still talking, and I lay quiet, filled with thankfulness and wonder, for now everything came back to me.
A while later, as I lay with my eyes still shut, for even that low light seemed to hurt them, I became aware of a woman's soft step stealing round my bed and of a fragrance such as comes from a woman's robes and hair.