“Then he went straightway to the presence-chamber; and he spoke in the speech of men; and he told his lord of that frail wife’s dishonor, and said, ‘Arise I cast her off, and be strong as thou ever hast been.’ But the king, mad with rage, would not hearken; he leaped down from his ivory throne, and drew bis dagger out from his girdle, and thrust it into the heart of Ilderiui. ‘So serve I the foes of my angel!’ he cried; and Ilderim fell at his feet. ‘I forgive,’ he said simply, – and died.”
