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 And in the hope that you will go away and no longer shame him, you will be richly paid before you leave, I assure you of that.”

So, the good old man was immeasurably happy and cheerful, and he presented himself to the tribunal in front of the Sultan and did everything that the old woman had instructed him to do. The counselor turned red out of shame and called the old man aside in order to end his testimonial and dismissed him with a large sum of money. But he quickly forgot his shame and he returned to indulging himself with the Sultana whom he passionately loved.

Having noticed the most recent incident, Rammo could no longer tolerate his insolence, and he decided to tell the Sultan everything. So, disguised as the old woman, he requested a secret audience for early the next morning and presented himself to the Sultan and he said, "Sire, because as your good vassal I must safeguard your honor no less than my own. I have discovered a great betrayal from your counselor which I have witnessed many times and I have decided to reveal everything immediately to you so that you can get rid of this guilty and malicious minister. Therefore, you must know that the Sultana, your wife, is at this very hour lying in bed with this disloyal counselor, and they are enjoying themselves in amorous play. I have observed this many times.