When he heard this, the counsellor's son was delighted, and said:
"Your Majesty, go to-night to Lily's house, and make her drink
wine until she loses her senses and seems to be dead. Then as she
lies there, make a mark on her hip with a red-hot fork, steal her
jewels, and come back the old way through the window. After that
I will do the right thing."

Then he made a three-pronged fork and gave it to the prince. And
the prince took the crooked, cruel thing, hard as the weapon of
Death, and went by night as before to Lily's house. "A king," he
thought, "ought not to disregard the words of a high-
minded counsellor." So when he had stupefied her with wine, he
branded her hip with the fork, stole her jewels, returned to his
friend, and told him everything, showing him the jewels.

Then the counsellor's son felt sure his scheme was successful. He
went to the cemetery in the morning, and disguised himself as a
hermit, and the prince as his pupil. And he said: "Take this pearl
necklace from among the jewels. Go and sell it in the
market-place. And if the policemen arrest you, say this: It was
given to me to sell by my teacher.'"

So the prince went to the market-place and stood there offering the
pearl necklace for sale, and he was arrested while doing it by the
policemen. And as they were eager to find out about the theft of
the jewels from Bite's daughter, they took the prince at once to the
chief of police. And when he saw that the culprit was dressed like
a hermit, he asked him very gently: "Holy sir, where did you get
this pearl necklace? It belongs to Bite's daughter and was stolen."