He came, and I told him that it might be possible to manage it, but only if he would promise to do what I told him without a question.

He agreed to everything, returned to Rhagae at my wish, and did not come to Babylon again until yesterday, when he arrived secretly at my house, where I concealed him.

Meanwhile Bartja had returned from the war.

The great point now was to excite the king's jealousy again, and ruin the Egyptian at one blow.

I roused the indignation of your relations through your public humiliation, and so prepared the way for my plan.