Mangogul enter’d that very instant, and Monima’s last words did not escape him. He levell’d his Ring at her, and her Toy was heard to cry out: “Do not believe her, she lies.” Her female neighbours, gazing at each other, ask’d whose Toy it was that made this answer.

“ ’Tis not mine,” said Zelmaida; “nor mine,” said another; “nor mine,” said Monima; “nor mine,” said the Sultan. Everyone, and the favorite among the rest, persisted in the negative.