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26. At so arrogant a claim all the courtiers burst into loud laughter | 68 |
27. As he descended, the daylight in which hitherto he had been travelling faded from view | 72 |
28. He saw black eunuchs lying asleep | 73 |
29. She gave orders for a rich banquet to be prepared | 75 |
30. Till the tale of her mirror contented her | 76 |
31. She cried: "O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou hast kept" | 77 |
32. All this time the Princess had been watching the combat from the roof of the palace | 84 |
33. In the garden of the summer palace all was silence and solitude | 85 |
34. Sat by the lake and solaced themselves sweetly with love | 85 |
35. It was in vain that all the wisest physicians in the country were summoned into consultation | 93 |
36. For many months he travelled without clue | 94 |
37. And ever with the tears falling down from her eyes she sighed and sang | 96 |
38. There appeared before him an old man of venerable appearance | 100 |
39. Pirouzè, the fairest and most honourably born | 101 |