` 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 as he mounted the horse . ` You have given all this ; it is you who are the master , and I who am the slave , and I will obey you in all things . ' ` So they went their way , and they went and went till the gazelle saw in the distance the palace of the sultan . Then it said , ` Master , that is the house we are going to , and you are not a poor man any longer : even your name is new . ' ` What IS my name , eh , my father ? ' asked the man . ` Sultan Darai , ' said the gazelle . Very soon some soldiers came to meet them , while others ran off to tell the sultan of their approach .
And the sultan set off XXXXX once , and the viziers and the emirs , and the judges , and the rich men of the city , all followed him .
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