A great lord was laid low thereby.

Let us go and see who it was." I threw my arm round the bull neck of Bes and leaning on him, advanced to where the King lay alone save for the fallen about him.
"This man is not yet sped," said Bes.

"Let us look upon his face," and he turned him over, and stretched him there upon the sand with the arrow standing two spans beyond his corselet.
"Why," said Bes, "this is a certain High one with whom we had dealings in the East!" and he laughed thickly.
Then the Great King opened his eyes and knew us and on his dying features came a look of hate.
"So you have conquered, Egyptian," he said.

"Oh! if only I had you again in the East, whence in my folly I let you go----" "You would set me in your boat, would you not, whence by the wisdom of Bes I escaped." "More than that," he gasped.
"I shall not serve you so," I went on.

"I shall leave you to die as a warrior should upon a fair fought field.