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 After having walked the whole night to avoid being seized by anyone and again being taken into custody by the Lord, he came to a village, sufficiently far away from the city, where he would not be recognized by anybody.

Meanwhile, his wife was left behind on top of the tower, distressed and in great fear. She surely would have to die there and she cried wildly all night, so much so that when day arrived, some travelers who were passing through the area, were listening to her cries for mercy and help. So, when the news reached the Lord that in the tower where the goldsmith had been condemned to death, it was his wife who was fiercely weeping and asking the passers-by for mercy and help, he immediately ordered his minister to rush to the tower and have her be brought to the palace. This was promptly done and when the woman arrived before him, she told him all that had occurred.

When the lord learned of the shrewdness and subtle ingenuity with which the goldsmith had deceived his wife, he could not stop laughing. The same day, he proclaimed in the area where the tower was located that if the goldsmith came into his presence, he would forgive him his misdeed. When the goldsmith heard this news, he returned to the city happily and joyfully, and he presented himself in front of the Lord. He was asked to tell the entire story again, and laughing out loud, he asked the woman to come into his presence.