The sultan , on hearing what had happened to his future son-in-law , turned his horse and rode to the palace , and bade a groom to harness the best horse in the stable and order a woman slave to bring a bag of clothes , such as a man might want , out of the chest ; and he chose out a tunic and a turban and a sash for the waist , and fetched himself a gold-hilted sword , and a dagger and a pair of sandals , and a stick of sweet-smelling wood . ` Now , ' said he to the gazelle , ` take these things with the soldiers to the sultan , that he may be able to come . ' And the gazelle answered : ` Can I take those soldiers to go and put my master to shame as he lies there naked ? I am enough by myself , my lord . ' ` How will you be enough , ' asked the sultan , ` to manage this horse and all these clothes ? ' ` Oh , that is easily done , ' replied the gazelle . ` Fasten the horse to my neck and tie the clothes to the back of the horse , and be sure they are fixed firmly , as I shall go faster than he does . ' Everything was carried out as the gazelle had ordered , and when all was ready it said to the sultan : ` Farewell , my lord , I am going . ' ` Farewell , gazelle , ' answered the sultan ; ` when shall we see you again ? ' ` To-morrow about five , ' replied the gazelle , and , giving a tug to the horse 's rein , they set off at a gallop . The sultan watched them till they were out of sight : then he said to his attendants , ` That gazelle comes from gentle hands , from the house of a sultan , and that is what makes it so different from other gazelles . ' And in the eyes of the sultan the gazelle became a person of consequence . Meanwhile the gazelle ran on till it came to the place where its master was seated , and his heart laughed when he saw the gazelle . And the gazelle said to him , ` Get up , my master , and bathe in the stream ! ' and when the man had bathed it said again , ` Now rub yourself well with earth , and rub your teeth well with sand to make them bright and shining . ' And when this was done it said , ` The sun has gone down behind the hills ; it is time for us to go ' : so it went and brought the clothes from the back of the horse , and the man put them on and was well pleased . ` Master ! ' said the gazelle when the man was ready , ` be sure that where we are going you keep silence , except for giving greetings and asking for news . Leave all the talking to me . I have provided you with a wife , and have made her presents of clothes and turbans and rare and precious things , so it is needless for you to speak . '
` Very good , I will be silent , ' replied the man XXXXX he mounted the horse .
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