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STORY OF THE THREE SONS OF HALI
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thirty-five years old reclined on a couch, still beautiful in spite of the sad expression of her face.
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‘Incomparable Zambac,’ said the Bassa, going up to her, ‘give me your thanks, for here is the lost son for whom you have shed so many tears,’ but before his