Before them all, in great agony, he died, confessing his
guilt and the innocence of Constance.
King Alla had been much moved by the beauty of Constance and her
innocent looks, and now she was proved guiltless, all his heart went
out to her. And when he asked her to become his queen she gladly
consented, for she loved him because he had pitied and helped her.
They were soon married amidst the great rejoicing of the people, and
the king and all the land became converted to the Christian faith.
This king also had a mother, named Donegilde, an old heatheness, no
less cruel than the mother of the Soldan. She hated Constance because
she had been made queen though for fear of her son's wrath she dared
not molest her.
After his honeymoon, King Alla went northward to do battle with the
Scots, who were his foemen, leaving his wife in charge of a bishop and
the good governor, the husband of the murdered Hennegilde. While he
was absent heaven sent Constance a beautiful little son, whom she named
Maurice.
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