_ 445 _ 37. Another soldier had publicly insulted a highly respected man (which is usually only punished by death here because of the importance they attach to points of honour). For three years on end, the offender fled from the man he had injured, escaping to one fortress only to find the other there, or joining a fleet only for him to follow. He embarked secretly from Daman for the Strait, and the other at once went after him in a foist; from there he went to Ormuz, with the other at his heels seeking an opportunity to kill him. The Father talked to him on behalf of the other after many people had spoken to him, but he was so implacable that the more he was asked to pardon him the more it seemed that the devil was encouraging him with a desire for vengeance. In short, many things happened that would take long to tell. The Father took them both before the captain of Ormuz and other respected men who were present, and there he made them friends, to the great satisfaction of them both.
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