Histories

But when he could not deter her, and saw that dire necessity was truly upon him either to kill his master or himself be killed by others, he chose his own life. Then he asked: “Since you force me against my will to kill my master, I would like to know how we are to lay our hands on him.”

She replied, “You shall come at him from the same place where he made you view me naked: attack him in his sleep.”