10/19 She was just married to Cambyses then, but he regarded her little, for he was ever oppressed with wine and feasting. But you were a child then, and were mostly with the women of your house, and you may not have seen her." "Tell me--had she not blue eyes and yellow hair? I remember that her eyes were blue. She was very unhappy; therefore she helped the Magian. It was not she that betrayed him." "You pitied her even then, did you not ?" asked Nehushta. |