THE PRINCE SOLVES THE RIDDLE OF
THE RUG, AND FINDS A NEW TASK
AWAITING HIM 9

III. BRIGHT-WITS LEARNS THAT HIS MARRIAGE
WITH AZALIA DEPENDS ON
THREE FOUNTAINS AND THREE GATES
IN THE PALACE GROUNDS 16

IV. THE PRINCE SOLVES THE GAME OF
ONALBA, AND DIVIDES THE LAND OF
ZOLTAN, THE AGA, TO THE DISMAY
OF GARROFAT 23

V. BRIGHT-WITS GROWS JEALOUS. ABLANO
COUNSELS THE PRINCE TO BE PATIENT 29

VI. BRIGHT-WITS PICKS AN ESCORT FOR A
JOURNEY AND FOILS THE WICKED DESIGN
OF GARROFAT 35

VII. THE PRINCE RETURNS TO FIND THAT ABLANO
THE BRAHMAN HAS MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARED 40

VIII. RETURN OF ABLANO. GARROFAT AND
DOOLA DECIDE ON DESPERATE MEASURES.
THE FINAL TEST 46

IX. THE LAST DECREE OF ONALBA. DOWNFALL