from a casket a little collyrium of Solomon, which the Simurgh
had given him, and which reveals the hidden things of earth, and
rubbed it on his father's eyes. Light came, and the king saw his
son.

Mihr-afruz was brought before the king, and the prince said:
'This is the murderer of your sons; do with her as you will.'
The king fancied that the prince might care for the girl's
beauty, and replied: 'You have humbled her; do with her as you
will.'

Upon this the prince sent for four swift and strong horses, and
had the negro bound to each one of them; then each was driven to
one of the four quarters, and he tore in pieces like muslin.

This frightened Mihr-afruz horribly, for she thought the same
thing might be done to herself. She cried out to the prince: 'O
Prince Almas! what is hardest to get is most valued. Up till now
I have been subject to no man, and no man had had my love. The
many kings and kings sons who have died at my hands have died
because it was their fate to die like this. In this matter I
have not sinned. That was their fate from eternity; and from the
beginning it was predestined that my fate should be bound up with
yours.'

The prince gave ear to the argument from pre-ordainment, and as
she was a very lovely maiden he took her too in lawful marriage.
She and Jamila, set up house together, and Dil-aram and Gul set
up theirs; and the prince passed the rest of his life with the
four in perfect happiness, and in pleasant and sociable