I heard that thou wast absent from Shushan, and here I have waited for thy coming.

I also sent thee messengers to announce that Daniel, surnamed Belteshazzar, who was Satrap of Media from the time of Cambyses, is dead; and I have buried him fittingly in a new tomb in the garden of the palace of Ecbatana." Darius, quick and impulsive in every thought and action, sprang to the ground as Zoroaster finished speaking, and coming to him, took both his hands and kissed him on both cheeks.
"What thou hast done is well done,--I know thee of old.

Auramazda is with thee.

He is also with me.

By his grace I have slain the rebels at Babylon.