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instruments; and thus he perished miserably in the flames.
"Truly that bad man was rewarded according to his deserts!" exclaimed the Prince.
And as he let these words escape him thoughtlessly, the Siddhî-kür replied, "Forgetting his health, the Well-and-wise-walking Prince hath opened his lips." And with the cry, "To escape out of this world is good!" he sped him through the air, swift out of sight.
