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183 he set out on his journey and stayed not till he reached the palace of the Mountain of Clouds, when he went in to the princesses and gave them the presents, in which they rejoiced. Then they gave him joy of his safety and said to him, ‘O our brother, what ails thee to come [again so soon], seeing thou wast with us but two months since?’ Whereupon he wept and repeated the following verses:

Then he gave a great cry and swooned away. The princesses sat round him, weeping over him, till he came to himself and repeated these verses:

Then he wept, till he fainted again, and presently coming to himself, recited the following:

Then he wept till he swooned away once more and when he came to himself, he repeated these verses: