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therefore better able to enter into such momentous subjects.
They have, I doubt not, already formed a plan for your
disposal,—perhaps intending to wed you to some other
prince; and though my heart may break in such case, I
must submit to my fate. It would ill become me, a depen-
dant on your father’s bounty, to raise my voice against it.’
‘You may rely on what I now say,’ rejoined the princess;
‘I swear to you that with none other but yourself will I
ever marry. I have bestowed my maiden affections on you:
all others can be nothing more to me than what they are
now.’ The prince, observing the determined tone in which
the princess spoke, could not doubt her sincerity, and
therefore said, ‘My dear Malattee, I resign myself entirely
to you, and swear in my turn never to forsake you. No
other woman shall be allowed even for a moment to contend
for the place you must ever after this hold in my heart.’
Thus their first declaration of love ended in their swearing
mutual constancy, nor did it once pass beyond their own
bosoms. Their affection for each other daily increased, be-
ing strengthened indissolubly by their constant intercourse.
“The princess was now fast approaching the age at which
it was thought desirable, by the nobility and princes of
those days, that she should enter the hymeneal state. The
king, her father, therefore ordered his minister to make
overtures to a prince whom he thought fitted, both in
person and acquirements, to receive his daughter in mar-
riage. The minister told the king that ere he set about this
mission it would be nothing but right that they should
consult with a Josey* as to a good and auspicious hour at
which to determine the matter, which was accordingly done.
Having been directed by the Josey as to the precise time
of departure and so forth, the minister commenced his
journey, with a select band of retainers, and proceeded to
the city of Brumhapoory, towards the north. After a short
and prosperous journey he arrived at that city, and presented
himself with his credentials before the reigning sovereign.

• An astrologer.