But, indeed, no one would recognize me in this dress." Nemu hastened to the cave, but before he reached his mother she called out: "Do not keep my lord waiting--I know him well." Nemu laid his finger to his lips.
"You are to call him steward," said he.
"Good," muttered the old woman.

"The ostrich puts his head under his feathers when he does not want to be seen." "Was the young prince long with Uarda yesterday ?" "No, you fool," laughed the witch, "the children play together.

Rameri is a kid without horns, but who fancies he knows where they ought to grow.
Pentaur is a more dangerous rival with the red-headed girl.

Make haste, now; these stewards must not be kept waiting!" The old woman gave the dwarf a push, and he hurried back to Ani, while she carried the child, tied to his board, into the cave, and threw the sack over him.
A few minutes later the Regent stood before her.

She bowed before him with a demeanor that was more like the singer Beki than the sorceress Hekt, and begged him to take the only seat she possessed.
When, with a wave of his hand, he declined to sit down, she said: "Yes--yes--be seated! then thou wilt not be seen from the valley, but be screened by the rocks close by.