'What do you mean?' replied the gardener: 'do you imagine I will
take these riches as mine? They are yours: I have no right to them.
For fourscore years, since my father's death, I have done nothing
but dig in this garden, and could not discover this treasure, which
is a sign that it was destined for you, since you have been
permitted to find it. It suits a prince like you, rather than me: I
have one foot in the grave, and am in no want of anything.
Providence has bestowed it upon you, just when you are returning to
that country which will one day be your own, where you will make a
good use of it.'
Prince Camaralzaman would not be outdone in generosity by the
gardener. They had a long dispute about it. At last the prince
solemnly protested that he would have none of it, unless the
gardener would divide it with him and take half. The good man, to
please the prince, consented; so they parted it between them, and
each had twenty-five urns.
Having thus divided it, 'Son,' said the gardener to the prince, 'it
is not enough that you have got this treasure; we must now contrive
how to carry it so privately on board the ship that nobody may know
anything of the matter, otherwise you will run the risk of losing
it.
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