Alexander an cum ipse militare vellet interrogat; at illa causata sine custode regnum reliquisse, petere perseverabat  ne se irritam spei abire pateretur.
Alexander asked her whether she wished to serve in war with him; but she, giving as an excuse that she had left her realm without a guard, persisted in asking that he should not suffer  her to go away disappointed in her hope.
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