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persons, ' ‘they. knew. not- where. to. look for them.. The queen,
hearing. this, “had resolved to° dissemble and conceal her affliction,
bidding the officers to search once more with their utmost diligence ;
but in-the mean time, saying nothing to anybody, she plunged into
the sea, to satisfy herself as to the suspicion she had that King Saleh
must have carried.away- his nephew along with him.

', This great. queen would. have ‘been. more affectionately eeeved
by : the. queen * her ° “‘mother,: had’ she not, upon first sight of her,
guessed the -occasion. of ‘her coming. : ‘ Daughter; said: she, ‘I
plainly perceive you are not come hither to visit me; you. come to
inquire after the: king. your son; and the only news I can tell -you
will augment both-your grief and mine. I no sooner saw ‘him arrive
in our. territories, than I. rejoiced; yet, when I came to. understand
he had come. away. without. “your knowledge, I began to share with
you the concern. you must needs feel.’ Then she. related to her
with what zeal..King Saleh. went to Henmane the Princess Giauhara
in.marriage for King Beder, and- what had happened, till her son
disappeared. ‘I have sent. diligently after him, added she, ‘an nd
the king my’ son, who is but, just gone to govern the kingdom of
Samandal, has done all that. lay in his power. All our endeavours
have hitherto proved unsuccessful, but we: must hope: nevertheless -
fo: see him. again, perhaps. when. we. least. expect it?

‘Queen Gulnare was not satisfied. with this hope; she looked upon
the king her dear son as lost, and. lamented him bitterly, laying
all the blame upon the ‘king: his uncle, The queen her mother made
her consider the “necessity. ‘of not: yielding - too much. to. her griet.
‘The king your brother,’ said she, ‘ought: not, it is true, to have
talked: to you-so, imprudently. about that. marriage, nor ever have
consented to carry away, the: king my~ grandson, without acquainting
you first; yet, ‘since if is not. certain that the King of Persia is
absolutely. lost, you ought to neglect nothing to preserve his kingdom
for. him: _ lose, then, no more: ‘time,: but return to ORE, capital ; your

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