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 After he saw his son, he embraced him weeping from being overjoyed. Then, since the day was approaching and there was little time left for lengthy discussions, the father turned to Giassemen and thanked him for the great service he had rendered and dearly begged him, now that he had liberated Feristeno from death, to also take care of him by hiding him somewhere in the city so that he could not be recaptured. Giassemen showed himself to be ready to do this and he received a large sum of money from the old man and made provisions that were necessary to live. He rented a house which was near the walls of the city and took Feristeno there.

Now, at daybreak, the King's ministers wanted to carry out the order. They quietly went to the prison but upon entering it, they did not find Feristeno. And they lit many lights to see if there had been a break-in anywhere, but they observed that everything was whole and intact. They were all dumbfounded by this and immediately ran to inform the King's counselors, who were greatly surprised by this and interpreted it in various ways. Some were saying that since the prison was nowhere broken, that it had miraculously occurred because of the young man's innocence. Others did not agree with this and said that the Christians were fraught with sins.