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152 make her look elsewhere for love and admiration.&quot;

&quot;Now remember all I have said. You must ask the Emperor to reward you for healing his child by granting a petition you will present to him when the princess has been restored to health.&quot;

&quot;To be sure, that is the object of our mission. What reward dost thou ask, Ben Temalion, for thy service?&quot;

&quot;To help the children of men is reward enough for a goblin. Now let us wait till to-morrow and all will be well.&quot; The next instant the goblin vanished.

Next day the two Rabbis betook themselves to the Emperor's palace and demanded to be taken to the presence of the Cæsar.

&quot;What is your business?&quot; asked the guard at the palace gate.

&quot;We know that the princess is dangerously ill. In fact she has lost her reason in the last twenty-four hours.&quot;

"How do you know this?"

"Never mind how. We do know it. Do not waste precious time. We have come to heal the Princess. We are physicians staying overnight in this city. Now wilt thou lead us to the Emperor's presence?&quot;

&quot;Wait here, and I will have your message sent to my mighty lord, the Emperor.&quot;

After a brief delay the order came to admit the two strangers. When the Emperor saw the Rabbis