Permit me to propose to your majesty to remove with the
prince to the castle in a little island near the port, where you
may give audience to your subjects twice a week only; during these
absences the prince will be so agreeably diverted with the beauty,
prospect, and good air of the place, that he will bear them with
the less uneasiness.'
The king approved this proposal; and after the castle, where he had
not resided for some time, had been furnished, he removed thither
with the prince; and, excepting the times that he gave audience, as
aforesaid, he never left him, but passed all his time by his son's
pillow, endeavouring to comfort him in sharing his grief.
Whilst matters passed thus, the two genies, Danhasch and
Caschcasch, had carried the Princess of China back to the palace
where the king her father had shut her up.
When she awoke the next morning, and found by looking to the right
and left that Prince Camaralzaman was not by, she cried out with a
loud voice to her women. Her nurse, who presented herself first,
desired to be informed what she would please to have, and if
anything disagreeable had happened to her.
'Tell me,' said the princess, 'what is become of the young man whom
I love with all my soul?'
'Madam,' replied the nurse, 'we cannot understand your highness,
unless you will be pleased to explain yourself.
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