"How is that?" burst out the prince. "For my journey his holiness assigned two hundred talents in gold and goods. Can it be that all this is expended?"
"Yes," answered Tutmosis.
"How is that?" cried the viceroy. "Did not the nomarchs entertain us all the way?"
"Yes, but we paid them for doing so."
"Then they are rogues and robbers if they receive us as guests and then plunder us."
"Be not angry, and I will explain."
"Sit down."
Tutmosis took a seat.
"Dost Thou know," asked he, "that for a month past I have eaten food from thy kitchen, drunk wine from thy pitchers, and dressed from thy wardrobe?"
"Thou hast a right to that privilege."