"That is true," said Orestes, "and it is remarkable how you think of these things so quickly."
So Orestes was ruled by Ahasuerus, and Perion, through no merit of his own, departed unharmed.
Then Melicent was conducted to her own apartments; and eunuchs guarded her, while the battle was, and men she had not ever seen died by the score because her beauty was so great.