"We swear."
"Then we may go together."
So they joined forces, but the Greek had vanished.
"Curses on him!" cried the chief of police. "He has escaped again!"
"He will be found," answered the overseer of the labyrinth, "or perhaps even he will return."
"Why should he go to the pharaoh's garden?" asked the chief of police.
"The high priests are using him for some purpose of their own, but he will return to the temple."
They decided to wait and act in common.
"We are spending the third night for nothing," said one of the policemen, yawning.
They wrapped themselves in their cloaks and lay on the grass.