1710 Joseph's message was conveyed by the messenger to the king, who sent for the ladies concerned. Among them came the wife of 'Aziz. "What was this affair?" said the king: "tell me the whole truth." (R). 1711 The wife of the 'Aziz stood by, while the other ladies answered. Their answer was grudgingly acknowledging the truth of Joseph's innocence and high principles, but holding a discreet silence about their own part in egging on the 'Aziz's wife to sin, wrongdoing and revenge. When they had done, she began. She did not mince matters. She acknowledged her own guilt, freely and frankly. This was no time for her even to refer to other ladies-their jealousy, their gross mindedness, their encouragement of all that was frail or evil in herself.