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to no purpose, he-causéd the King df Samandal: to ‘be shut ‘up in
his ‘own palace; under d. strong. guard ; and’ having. ‘given the
necessary orders’ for - governing the kingdom: in ‘his absence, “he
returned to give thé ‘queen: his. mother an- account of ‘what he
had done. The first thing he. asked | upon his’ arrival’ was ‘of. the
whereabouts of the king--his” nephéw, and he learned: .with great
surprise and vexation that he had disappeared. oe ae

‘News being brought: me,’. said’ the qiteen, ‘ of’ ne auacer you

were: in at the palace of the King of Samandal, whilst T ‘was «giving ©
orders. to send other ‘troopsto avenge you, he disappeared: «He
must have been: frightened: at hearing” of -your:. being:.in:-so aes
danger, and did not think himself in sufficient safety, with us’
- This news, exceedingly. Afflicted. King: Saleh; who now repented
of his being so easily wrought upon by King 'Beder as to carry him
away with him’without his mother’s consent. ° Whilst: he: was in this
suspense about his nephew,‘he left his: kingdom under the adminis+
tration “of his mothér, and ‘went’ to govern that of thé King of
Samandal, whom’he continued’ to keep under, grabs ve
though with all due respect to. his rank.

The same day that. King Saleh -returned’ to oie sane of
Samandal, Queen. Gulnare, mother: to. King Beder,. arrived at the
court of the queen her mother’. The: princess -.was.not : at all
surprised to find her sori did not réturn’ the same. day he set’ out, it
being not uncommon for him:to go. further, than -he. proposed ‘iri-the
heat of the chase; but’ when she saw that he returned neither the next
day, nor: the day. after, she began to be alarmed. : This: alarm ‘-was.
increased. when the officer’,. who had accompanied: the king,. and!
were obliged to return after they:had for a long time sought ih vain
for both him and his «uncle, came’ and-told her majesty. they. miust
of necessity have come to some harm, or be ‘together: in: some
place which they. could: not’ ‘guessy. since, they could -hear .no. tidings
of them, . Their horses, indeed,: they. had found, but sas. fort -their

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