Chapter 22

'Oh, but the student would never have thought of praying that she might be given a soul had not the tailor drawn attention to her loveliness by the robe which he put upon her,' answered the prince, who guessed what he was expected to say: and they soon set up quite a pretty quarrel. Suddenly the princess, furious that neither of them alluded to the part played by the student, quite forgot her vow of silence and cried loudly:

'Idiots that you are! how could she belong to any one but the student? If it had not been for him, all that the others did would have gone for nothing! Of course it was he who married the maiden!' And as she spoke the seven veils fell from her, and she stood up, the fairest princess that the world has ever seen.

'You have won me,' she said smiling, holding out her hand to the prince.

And so they were married: and after the wedding-feast was over they sent for the old woman whose pitcher the prince had broken so long ago, and she dwelt in the palace, and became nurse to their children, and lived happily till she died.

(Adapted from _Tuerkische Volksmaerchen aus Stambul gesammelt, uebersetzt und eingeleitet_ von Dr. Ignaz Kuenos. Brill, Leiden.)

Transcriber's Note

Punctuation errors have been repaired. Hyphenation has been made consistent. Archaic spelling is preserved as printed.

The following typographic errors have been amended:

Page v--geni amended to genii--"... present legends of fairies, witches, genii or Djinn, ..."

Page vi--Antony amended to Anthony--"Anthony Hamilton tried his hand with _The Ram_, a story too prolix and confused, ..."

Page 31--Gerthari amended to Grethari--"... it boded ill for Geirlaug and Grethari ..." and "... the beds of Grethari and Geirlaug were empty."

Page 125--By-and-bye amended to By-and-by--"By-and-by it came to the ears of the Princess Kupti ..."

Page 187--Centes amended to Contes--"Adapted from _Contes Armeniens_. Par Frederic Macler, ..."

Page 233--Louis amended to Frederic--"From _Contes Armeniens_. Par Frederic Macler."

Page 260--ancles amended to ankles--"... the robber-chief came out of the hole and seized her ankles."

Page 275--Fra amended to From--"From _Eventyr fra Gylbauck samlede ..._"

Page 275--Kri ensen amended to Kristensen--"_... samlede og optegnede af Evald Tang Kristensen_."

Page 336--Brilla amended to Brill--"... von Dr. Ignaz Kuenos. Brill, Leiden."

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