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He then hung down his head and sighed from the bottom of his heart. " asked the pradhan's son, moved to compassion by the state of his master. The prince assented. "O great king," resumed the minister's son, "at the time of going away had she said anything to you? " replied the other laconically, when he found his friend beginning to take an interest in the affair. " ejaculated the young statesman rather impatiently, "did she make any sign, or give any hint? " Upon which the prince related everything that took place by the side of the tank, bewailing the false shame which had made him dumb, and concluding with her pantomime.
Said the prince, who despite all efforts could not entirely shake off his unhappy habit of being modest, "Those very delicate hands of yours are not fit to ply the pankha. Why do you take so much trouble? I am cool and refreshed by the sight of you. " Upon which her favourite slave, taking the pankha from the hand of the princess, exclaimed, "This is my duty. " The lovers then began to chew betel, which, by the bye, they disposed of in little agate boxes which they drew from their pockets, and they were soon engaged in the tenderest conversation.
A cold-blooded youth! An elderly philosopher? --a leuco-phlegmatic old man! Much nonsense, of a verity, ye hear in praise of nothing from your Rajaship's Nine Gems of Science, and from sundry other such wise fools. " "Describe her," said the statesman in embryo. "Her face," quoth the prince, "was that of the full moon, her hair like a swarm of bees hanging from the blossoms of the acacia, the corners of her eyes touched her ears, her lips were sweet with lunar ambrosia, her waist was that of a lion, and her walk the walk of a king goose.