On the eve of the arrival of Constantine of Thessalonica, the Kaghan
said to Princess Ateh, "Your devotion lies only after the last candle
is unlit in the empty dining hall and not with the fork that tears our
meal. I will have my horses whipped for I have heard not truth from
their mouths."

To this, Princess Ateh replied, "For all people, there is the 
self which they see, the self which they behold reflected in
the eyes of others, and the self which they never see.  For you, all
three of these are the same."

"You are blind," said the Kaghan.

"So the thrown stone hears its echo," said Princess Ateh.