Bent-Anat did not show herself to the widow, whose efforts failed to keep her daughter from accompanying the princess on her journey, or to induce her to return home.

Angry and uneasy, the indignant mother hastened to Ani, and implored him to keep Nefert at home by force; but the Regent wished to avoid attracting attention, and to let Bent-Anat set out with a feeling of complete security.
"Do not be uneasy," he said.

"I will give the ladies a trustworthy escort, who will keep them at the Sanctuary of the 'Emerald-Hathor' till all is settled.

There you can deliver Nefert to Paaker, if you still like to have him for a son-in-law after hearing several things that I have learned.

As for me, in the end I may induce my haughty niece to look up instead of down; I may be her second love, though for that matter she certainly is not my first." On the following day the princess set out.
Ani took leave of her with kindly formality, which she returned with coolness.