Barry, coming to the door in answer to a timid knock, found a white-lipped eager-eyed suppliant on the doorstep.
This favourable moment was seized by the prince, who bowing low while he knelt, thus addressed her: "You behold, madame, a prince in distress, son to the King of Persia, who, owing to an adventure so strange that you will scarcely believe it, finds himself here, a suppliant for your protection.
