she continued: 'If thou art my friend, give me a sword or a spear; and if thou conquerest me I am thine; but if I conquer thee I will slay thee.'
"I replied, 'I will not give you either of them, for truly I was acquainted with thy family, and knew the bravery and courage of thy people.' And at these words she threw herself from her camel, and came forwards, and recited, saying:
After my father, and then after my brethren,
Can pleasure or delight survive in my life?
Shall I consort with one who is not brave?
Shall not rather than that be my death?
"Then she rushed towards a spear, and forced it out of my hand. And when I saw her do this, I feared that she might succeed in killing me, and so I killed her.
"And Hârith, O Commander of the Faithful! was the most courageous man I have ever seen."
