He flung himself down before the throne , panting out , ` Here will I die ; kill me at once , cruel father , for I can not bear this shame any longer . ' Everyone pressed round the unhappy man , and the guards were about to seize him , when the queen , who at first was dumb with surprise , sprang up from her throne . ` Hold ! ' cried she . ` This and no other is the right one ; this is the one whom my eyes have never yet seen , but whom my heart recognises . ' The guards had stepped back , but the king called to them in a furious voice to secure the madman . ` It is I who must judge , ' he said in tones of command ; ` and this matter can not be decided by women 's dreams , but by certain unmistakable signs . This one ' -LRB- pointing to Labakan -RRB- ` is my son , for it was he who brought me the token from my friend Elfi -- the dagger . ' ` He stole it from me , ' shrieked Omar ; ` he betrayed my unsuspicious confidence . ' But the king would not listen to his son 's voice , for he had always been accustomed to depend on his own judgment . He let the unhappy Omar be dragged from the hall , whilst he himself retired with Labakan to his own rooms , full of anger with the queen his wife , in spite of their many years of happy life together . The queen , on her side , was plunged in grief , for she felt certain that an impostor had won her husband 's heart and taken the place of her real son . When the first shock was over she began to think how she could manage to convince the king of his mistake . Of course it would be a difficult matter , as the man who declared he was Omar had produced the dagger as a token , besides talking of all sorts of things which happened when he was a child . She called her oldest and wisest ladies about her and asked their advice , but none of them had any to give . At last one very clever old woman said : ` Did not the young man who brought the dagger call him whom your majesty believes to be your son Labakan , and say he was a crazy tailor ? ' ` Yes , ' replied the queen ; ` but what of that ? ' ` Might it not be , ' said the old lady , ` that the impostor has called your real son by his own name ? If this should be the case , I know of a capital way to find out the truth . ' And she whispered some words to the queen , who seemed much pleased , and went off at once to see the king .
Now the queen was a very wise woman , so she pretended to think she might have made a mistake , and only begged XXXXX be allowed to put a test to the two young men to prove which was the real prince .
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