When Marina had served his turn and her wit was of no more service to him, the conqueror discarded her, leaving her to wither of a broken heart.

She told me all the tale of her anguish when she learned the truth, and of how she had cried to him that thenceforth he would never prosper.

Nor indeed did he do so.
For two hours or more we talked, and when I had heard her story I told her mine, and she wept for me, since with all her faults Marina's heart was ever gentle.
Then we parted never to meet again.

Before I went she pressed a gift of money on me, and I was not ashamed to take it who had none.
This then was the history of Marina, who betrayed her country for her love's sake, and this the reward of her treason and her love.

But I shall always hold her memory sacred, for she was a good friend to me, and twice she saved my life, nor would she desert me, even when Otomie taunted her so cruelly..