Then Alexander sprang up from his seat at the calling of his name, for well he knew the danger he was in, and all his face turned pale, since any of the kings of India would give his weight in gold to have him in their power, and he said, “Nay, lady, my name is Antiochus,” but she rose and took him by the hand with a kindly laugh, and going to the recess drew back the tapestry banging and shewed him a picture in parchment whereon he was painted dressed in his royal robes. “See for thyself,” said she, “that I have made no mistake.” Then as the king looked on the picture his face turned yellow, and his flesh trembled. “Why fades thy fair hue?” said the lady, “thou warrior of all the world, the conqueror of Persia and of India, the Medes and the Parthians! Lo, now, thou art here in a woman’s ward, in spite of all thy worthy deeds. Where is now thy praise that reaches up to heaven? It is gone at once, at the turning of the breath of a woman.” Then she waited for a space, but the lord of Macedon answered her naught, for his heart waxed hot within him, and he ground his teeth with rage as he looked hither and thither, so she said, “Why dost thou vex thy soul, Sir Conqueror, what may thy manhood avail thee, or all thy rage?” Then the King answered her and said, “For one thing only I grieve, that I have not my sword, nor may I see any weapon.” “And, my fair knight, what bold brave deed would thy sword help thee to, if thou hadst one?” “Since I am taken unawares,” quoth he, “surely I would slay thee where thou sittest, and myself after.” Then Candace the Queen laughed out, “That were the deed of a true knight,” said she, “but not yet are we to do and suffer such things; hast thou not rescued my son’s wife from the hands of the king of Bebrik? Surely I shall save thee unharmed from my folk. Yet were it known that thou wert here, not all my power could save thee, since thou hast slain the Lord of India, good Porus, whose daughter my youngest son Caratros has taken to wife. But no man has seen thy picture from the day I had it till now.” Then the Lord of Macedon came near her, and she took him by the hand and led him into the hall of the palace.