Now his Majesty had sent a great army with the nobles to the land of the Temehu,[22] his son and heir as their commander, the good King Usertesen.[23] And now he was returning, and had brought away captives and all kinds of cattle without end. The Companions of the Court sent to the West Side[24] to let the king know the state of affairs that had come about in the Audience Chamber.[25] The messenger found him on the road; he reached him at the time of evening. "It was a time for him to hasten greatly [was the message]: Let the Hawk[26] fly [hither] with his attendants, without allowing the army to know of it." And when the royal sons who commanded in that army sent messages, not one of them was summoned to audience. Behold, I was standing [near]; I heard his voice while he was speaking.[27] I fled far away, my heart beating, my arms outspread; trembling had fallen on all my limbs. I ran hither and thither[28] to seek a place to hide me, I threw myself amongst the bushes: and when I found a road that went forward, I set out southward, not indeed thinking to come to this Residence.[29] I expected that there would be disturbance. I spake not of life after it.[30] I wandered across my estate[31] [?] in the neighborhood of Nehat; I reached the island [or lake] of Seneferu, and spent the day [resting?] on the open field. I started again while it was yet day,[32] and came to a man standing at the side of the road. He asked of me mercy, for he feared me. By supper-time I drew near to the town of Negau. I crossed the river on a raft without a rudder, by the aid of a west wind, and landed at the quay [?] of the quarrymen of the Mistress at the Red Mountain.[33] Then I fled on foot northward, and reached the Walls of the Ruler, built to repel the Sati.[34] I crouched in a bush for fear, seeing the day-patrol at its duty on the top of the fortress. At nightfall I set forth, and at dawn reached Peten, and skirted the lake of Kemur.[35] Then thirst hasted me on; I was parched, my throat was stopped, and I said, "This is the taste of death." When I lifted up my heart and gathered strength, I heard a voice and the lowing of cattle. I saw men of the Sati; and an alien amongst them--he who is [now?] in Egypt[36]--recognized me. Behold, he gave me water, and boiled me milk, and I went with him to his camp,--may a blessing be their portion! One tribe passed me on to another: I departed to Sun [?], and came to Kedem.[37]