All the servants went after her to the chamber of justice.
When Mefres, with the nomarch, was passing through the garden, the nomarch said,
"I have compassion on that woman."
"She will be punished properly for lying," answered the high priest.
"Dost Thou think so, worthiness?"
"I am certain that the gods will discover and punish the real murderer."
At the garden gate the steward of Kama's villa stood in the road before them.
"The Phoenician woman is gone. She disappeared last night."
"A new misfortune," whispered the nomarch.
"Have no fear," said Mefres; "she followed the prince."