Passage 17

In English

was definitely not such a person. To him truth was the highest penance. He carried his child to . He upheld his word. was struck by ’s nobility. He thought, "My brother-in-law kept his word even in such an extreme situation. Such purity and adherence to truth are absent in me." ’s integrity changed the cruel mind of . He told , "Your truthfulness will always protect you" and returned the baby. Why? knew that his enemy was the eighth child, not the first. retraced his steps with the child in his arms.