And he said : ` It is for you to speak . Where you go , I will follow . ' ` Then I shall go to your father-in-law and tell him this news . ' ` Go , my son . ' So the gazelle went to the father-in-law and said : ' I am sent by my master to come and tell you that after four days he will go away with his wife to his own home . ' ` Must he really go so quickly ? We have not yet sat much together , I and Sultan Darai , nor have we yet talked much together , nor have we yet ridden out together , nor have we eaten together ; yet it is fourteen days since he came . ' But the gazelle replied : ` My lord , you can not help it , for he wishes to go home , and nothing will stop him . ' ` Very good , ' said the sultan , and he called all the people who were in the town , and commanded that the day his daughter left the palace ladies and guards were to attend her on her way . And at the end of four days a great company of ladies and slaves and horses went forth to escort the wife of Sultan Darai to her new home . They rode all day , and when the sun sank behind the hills they rested , and ate of the food the gazelle gave them , and lay down to sleep . And they journeyed on for many days , and they all , nobles and slaves , loved the gazelle with a great love -- more than they loved the Sultan Darai . At last one day signs of houses appeared , far , far off . And those who saw cried out , ` Gazelle ! ' And it answered , ` Ah , my mistresses , that is the house of Sultan Darai . ' At this news the women rejoiced much , and the slaves rejoiced much , and in the space of two hours they came to the gates , and the gazelle bade them all stay behind , and it went on to the house with Sultan Darai . When the old woman saw them coming through the courtyard she jumped and shouted for joy , and as the gazelle drew near she seized it in her arms , and kissed it . The gazelle did not like this , and said to her : ` Old woman , leave me alone ; the one to be carried is my master , and the one to be kissed is my master . ' And she answered , ` Forgive me , my son . I did not know this was our master , ' and she threw open all the doors so that the master might see everything that the rooms and storehouses contained .
Sultan XXXXX looked about him , and at length he said : ` Unfasten those horses that are tied up , and let loose those people that are bound .
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