and said, “My good lady, pray let me know who you are, and what has brought you to this desolate city? And, in return, I will you who I am, what has happened to me, why the inhabitants of this city are reduced to the state you see them in, and why I alone am safe in the midst of such a terrible disaster.”
I told him in a few words whence I had come, what had made me undertake the voyage, and how I safely arrived at the port after twenty days’ sailing; when I had done,
and said, “My good lady, pray let me know who you are, and what has brought you to this desolate city? And, in return, I will you who I am, what has happened to me, why the inhabitants of this city are reduced to the state you see them in, and why I alone am safe in the midst of such a terrible disaster.”
I told him in a few words whence I had come, what had made me undertake the voyage, and how I safely arrived at the port after twenty days’ sailing; when I had done,
