Like Judas, Saul went forth into the night. Left to herself, the medium was doubtless as distraught as was the king. Saul had been guilty of duplicity and treachery in his dealings with David. How did she know but that her life would be the price for the happenings of that night? Saul had been too sick to speak any word of appreciation for her services. She did not have the consolation of prayer and faith. She was the slave of a power that would be as free to taunt her as to taunt the king.