“Nay,” said the king; “shall I be taught by such an one as thou?”
“I pray thee regard my words, if they be well, and not my years.”
“Can it be well to honor them that transgress? And hath not this woman transgressed?”
“The people of this city judge not so.”
“The people, sayest thou? Is it for them to rule, or for me?”
“No city is the possession of one man only.”
So the two answered one the other, and their anger waxed hot. And at the last the king cried:
“Bring this accursed woman and slay her before his eyes.”
And the prince answered:
“That thou shalt never do. And know this also, that thou shalt never see my face again.”