he joined his tears with mine, and we together wept three days without intermission, he for the loss of a daughter whom he had loved tenderly; and I for the loss of a beloved wife, of whom I had deprived myself in so cruel a manner by giving too easy credit to the report of a lying slave.
This, commander of the faithful, is the sincere confession your majesty required from me. You have now heard all the circumstances of my crime,
he joined his tears with mine, and we together wept three days without intermission, he for the loss of a daughter whom he had loved tenderly; and I for the loss of a beloved wife, of whom I had deprived myself in so cruel a manner by giving too easy credit to the report of a lying slave.
This, commander of the faithful, is the sincere confession your majesty required from me. You have now heard all the circumstances of my crime,
