. The violet fairy book . you keep silence,except for giving greetings and asking for news. Leaveall the talking to me. I have provided you with a wife,and have made her presents of clothes and turbans andrare and precious things, so it is needless for you tospeak. Very good, I will be silent, replied the man as hemounted the horse. Yon have given all this; it is youwho are the master, and I who arn the slave, and I willobey you in all things. So they went their way, and they went and wenttill the gazelle saw in the distance the palace of thesultan. Then it said, Master, that is the house we a
. The violet fairy book . you keep silence,except for giving greetings and asking for news. Leaveall the talking to me. I have provided you with a wife,and have made her presents of clothes and turbans andrare and precious things, so it is needless for you tospeak. Very good, I will be silent, replied the man as hemounted the horse. Yon have given all this; it is youwho are the master, and I who arn the slave, and I willobey you in all things. So they went their way, and they went and wenttill the gazelle saw in the distance the palace of thesultan. Then it said, Master, that is the house we aregoing to, and you are not a poor man any longer: evenyour name is new. What is my name, eh, my father? asked the man. Sultan Darai, said the gazelle. Very soon some soldiers came to meet them, whileothers ran off to tell the sultan of their approach. THE STORY OF A GAZELLE 135 And the sultan set off at once, and the viziers and theemirs, and the judges, and the rich men of the city, allfollowed him. - BRJNGS • CLOTHLS. Directly the gazelle saw them coming, it said to itsmaster: Your father-in-law is coming to meet you ; thatis he in the middle, wearing a mantle of sky-blue. Getoff your horse and go to greet him. 136 THE STOEY OF A GAZELLE And Sultan Darai leapt from his horse, and so did theother sultan, and they gave their hands to one another,and kissed each other, and went together into thepalace. The next morning the gazelle went to the rooms ofthe sultan, and said to him : My lord, we want you tomarry us our wife, for the soul of Sultan Darai is eager. The wife is ready, so call the priest, answered he,and when the ceremony was over a cannon was firedand music was played, and within the palace there wasfeasting. Master, said the gazelle the following morning, ; Iam setting out on a journey, and I shall not be back forseven days, and perhaps not then. But be careful not toleave the house till I come. And the master answered, I will not leave thehouse. And it went to the
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