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Suddenly he seemed to have formed a resolution and ordered all the courtiers, except Prexaspes, to leave the hall. When they were alone, he called out in a hoarse voice and with a look that proved the extent of his intoxication: "This life is not to be borne! Rid me of my enemy, and I will call you my friend and benefactor."
He knew that Prexaspes had killed him by his the king's orders and had told him that Bartja lay buried on the shores of the Red Sea. During the night which followed this return to his senses it became clear to himself also, that his mind had been wandering for along time.
He knew that Prexaspes had killed him by his the king's orders and had told him that Bartja lay buried on the shores of the Red Sea. During the night which followed this return to his senses it became clear to himself also, that his mind had been wandering for along time.
In four days he was strong enough to sit up and able to question Prexaspes on the only subject, which occupied his thoughts.
Nebenchari, who revered Onuphis, not only as a high-priest deeply initiated in the most solemn mysteries, but also on account of his great age, stood by his side and arranged his cushions. At his left stood Phanes, and then Croesus, Darius and Prexaspes. The king sat upon his throne.
He had come to his mother, believing that the visit would comfort and calm his troubled mind, but Sappho's words had destroyed his last hope, and with that his last possibility of rest or peace. By this time either Prexaspes would already have committed the murder, or perhaps at that very moment might be raising his dagger to plunge it into Bartja's heart.
When the two men were alone, the bow-bearer asked a question. “Dear Prexaspes, do you not think I should bless the twelve archangels I possess so beautiful a sister?” “She is so fair, I wonder that Zeus does not haste from Olympus to enthrone her in place of Hera.” The bow-bearer laughed. “No, I crave for her only a mortal husband.
Suddenly he seemed to have formed a resolution and ordered all the courtiers, except Prexaspes, to leave the hall. When they were alone, he called out in a hoarse voice and with a look that proved the extent of his intoxication: "This life is not to be borne! Rid me of my enemy, and I will call you my friend and benefactor."
One is, that he contrived some way to drown him in the sea; another, that he poisoned him; and a third, that he killed him in the forests, when he was out on a hunting excursion. At all events, the deed was done, and Prexaspes went back to Cambyses, and reported to him that he had nothing further to fear from his brother's ambition.
At a sign from the king the Achaemenidae rose from the earth. Cambyses glanced over their ranks, and his face brightened on seeing that Bartja was not there. Prexaspes handed him the Ethiopian bow, and pointed out a target at some distance.
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