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he had said. So he ordered both brothers to be set at liberty, and the woman to be tied to the stake.
"It were well if a Khan had always such good proof to guide his judgments," exclaimed the Well-and-wise-walking Khan.
And as he let these words escape him, the Siddhî-kür replied, "Forgetting his health, the Well-and-wise-walking Khan hath opened his lips." And with the cry, "To escape out of this world is good," he sped him through the air, swift out of sight.
