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THE JADE STORY BOOK
He is brave whose tongue is silent on the trophies of his sword;
He is great whose quiet bearing marks his greatness well assured.

So the Rajpoot merely said: "It was a woman weeping, your Highness, and she disappeared on my approach."

The next day the King summoned his ministers and told them all that had happened, and he made the faithful guard his Grand Vizir.