I will put the wine-flask aside--give me a drink of water, for the next few hours I must keep a sober head." "There is the water, and I will pour in a mouthful of wine.

Will you come back and bring me news ?" "That will not do, for we set sail at midnight, but if some one returns to you with the ring you will know that what I propose has succeeded." Uarda went into the hut, her father followed her; he took leave of his sick mother and of his daughter.

When they went out of doors again, he said: "You have to live on the princess's gift till I return, and I do not want half of the physician's present.

But where is your pomegranate blossom ?" "I have picked it and preserved it in a safe place." "Strange things are women!" muttered the bearded man; he tenderly kissed his child's forehead, and returned to the Nile down the road by which he had come.
The prince meanwhile had hurried on, and enquired in the harbor of the Necropolis where the vessel destined for Chennu was lying--for the ships loaded with prisoners were accustomed to sail from this side of the river, starting at night.

Then he was ferried over the river, and hastened to Bent-Anat.