CHAPTER II
SOME ADVENTURES

HE Prince was too discreet to say
any more, or to inflict his com-
pany for a longer time upon the
magician. He therefore with-

drew from the caravan, and rejoined his
attendants outside, who had indeed begun
to feel alarmed at the length of his absence.
He had put the ring upon his finger, and
the banjo in the right-hand pocket of his
loose great-coat, and with these two valuable
gifts in his possession he returned at once
to the palace, speaking not one word to
those who were with him, so absorbed was
he in reflections upon the extraordinary inter-
view which he had just gone through.