Gurdiyeh Smothers Gostaham

From E6.46, Gurdiyeh Is Moved to Slay Gostaham. It illustrates E6.46.50–56:

E6.46.50
She showed the royal letter to her trainOf five sworn servants, trusted to remain;
E6.46.51
She pledged herself and clasped each helper’s hand,And bound them to the purpose she had planned.
E6.46.52
She called the five to her and bade them stayBeside the chamber where her husband lay.
E6.46.53
At night she quenched the lamps; a cushion spreadAcross his face and pressed upon his bed:
E6.46.54
Her five attendants held the sleeper fast,Until his drunken breathings were his last.
E6.46.55
She struggled with the drunken man untilHis tongue, once quick with speech, lay mute and still.
E6.46.56
The chief in darkness died, deprived of light;For Khosrow now the night itself grew bright.