A noble wife; so let me now depart."

She made reply—"Some evil it forebodes

That Bukkaraj should thus be madly told

To join our ranks, for what is truth and God

To one so steeped in sin? And sad it is

My agèd father goes with him to fight.

Trust not in him and keep a steady eye

On him, e'en if within the thickest of

The fight thou art, for any moment he

May turn the tide of war; fight till the last,