Now I must go on with my story about Lostris, Tanus and myself.the three of us were in the galley on the River Nile, that day of the hippopotamus hunt. I was the protector of Lostris and I was the friend of Tanus. But I was also the slave of Lord Intef , who did not want his daughter to leave the palace. And Lord Intef certainly did not want his daughter to meet the son of the previous Governor.