You now know the price I paid for this faithless creature . O prince ! remember our compact . ' ' I remember , ' said the prince ; ` but tell me what brought Queen Gul to her present pass ? ' ` One night , ' continued King Sinaubar , ' I was aroused by feeling Gul 's hands and feet , deadly cold , against my body . I asked her where she had been to get so cold , and she said she had had to go out . Next morning , when I went to my stable I saw that two of my horses , Windfoot and Tiger , were thin and worn out . I reprimanded the groom and beat him . He asked where his fault lay , and said that every night my wife took one or other of these horses and rode away , and came back only just before dawn . A flame kindled in my heart , and I asked myself where she could go and what she could do . I told the groom to be silent , and when next Gul took a horse from the stable to saddle another quickly and bring it to me . That day I did not hunt , but stayed at home to follow the matter up . I lay down as usual at night and pretended to fall asleep . When I seemed safely off Gul got up and went to the stable as her custom was . That night it was Tiger 's turn . She rode off on him , and I took Windfoot and followed . With me went that dog you see , a faithful friend who never left me . ` When I came to the foot of those hills which lie outside the city I saw Gul dismount and go towards a house which some negroes have built there . Over against the door was a high seat , and on it lay a giant negro , before whom she salaamed . He got up and beat her till she was marked with weals , but she uttered no complaint .
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