Angrily frustrated, but feeling the emotional bond evolving for this man who might steal his throne,
Angrily frustrated, but feeling the emotional bond evolving for this man who might steal his throne, the king locked himself in his chambers to again plot Hercules’ necessary death. The following day he personally escorted Hercules to a pit of poisonous serpents. Honor bound Hercules allowed his right arm to be tied securely behind him. The king himself wound and tied heavy rope around his left wrist and watched as Hercules was lowered by that one arm into the snake pit within striking range of the deadly vipers. Ordering the guards away from the pit, the king longingly took one last look at his splendid, dangerous bastard prisoner before he left him to die in solitary dignity. -- source link