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Rh And they went and told the king, "He is a foreigner and has come travelling." And he said, "Let some one go to-morrow and tell him, 'The Sultan will come to see you. And a man went and told him. And he said, "Thanks, and let him come."

And he ordered much food to be got ready. So in the morning the king came with his people, and arrived at the house. And he invited him in, and he passed inside, and the Sultan saw that the house was large and many slaves in it. And he sat down and they conversed. And he asked him, "Why do you not come and walk in the town?" And he said, "I am a stranger, I must get people to take me and bring me into the town." And he said, "Let us go and take a walk."

And the king loved him much, and they dwelt there many days. And the king asked him, "Would you like to marry a wife?" And he said, "I should." And he said, "I will marry you to my daughter." And the Sultan made a great wedding, and married them.

And he dwelt with his wife, and they had one child; and they dwelt until the end, he and his wife, and his one child, and his horse, and he loved it like his own soul.