CLV(i)
26 And the king, becoming sorrow-stricken, because of the oaths and those lying back at table with him, does not want to repudiate her."
27 And straightway the king, dispatching, enjoins a lifeguardsman to bring his head. And, coming away, he beheads him in the jail,
28 and carries his head on a platter, and gives it to the maiden, and the maiden gives it to her mother."