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Story CXXXV

was so perfectly beautiful and sweet-voiced that the teacher, in accordance with human nature, conceived such an affection towards him that he often recited the following verses

Once the boy said to him: "As thou strivest to direct my studies, direct also my behaviour! If thou perceivest anything reprovable in my conduct, although it may seem approvable to me, inform me thereof, that I may endeavour to change it."

He replied: "O boy! Make that request to someone else, because the eyes with which I look upon thee behold nothing but virtues."