It won't matter to you in the next world, if we do let out your secret." "There's no secret; any of your own fathers could tell you what you want to hear from me.

Listen then.

When I was young, I used to amuse myself with women, but I laughed at the idea of love.

It occurred, however, that Panthea, the most beautiful of all women, fell into our hands, and Cyrus gave her into my charge, because I had always boasted that my heart was invulnerable.

I saw her everyday, and learnt, my friends, that love is stronger than a man's will.