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 But, nevertheless, I could not persuade myself to dare to reveal this misdeed to you until now that I have ascertained that the guilty woman which I saw with the counselor was the Sultana. So that you won't believe that I am lying to you, come with me and I can let you see everything with your own eyes.

Guided by Rammo, the Sultan was led to a part of the palace where in a luxurious bed in a small room the wicked counselor and the guilty woman were in a close embrace.

Seeing this, the Sultan was gripped by indignation and burning with anger, he decided to severely avenge himself for this misdeed. But because he very much doubted that the old woman hadn't revealed this to anyone else, he dearly begged her that she should stay with him until the counselor and his wife would have met a cruel death. He ordered that she should be guarded in a room near his own.

But to Rammo it now seemed to be the time to let his father know that he had been wrongly exiled from his country. He asked those who guarded him to arrange for an audience with the Sultan, and he presented himself as the old woman in front of him and had all others dismissed while only the two of them remained. So, when he had let his father know that he was Rammo, his son, and had thrown off the disguise, with which he had appeared in front of him, and returned as himself, he was immediately recognized by him.