“It is,” answered Mangogul, “to turn my ring on the most unbridled of these brelandiers , to interrogate her Toy, and to transmit by that organ, a good advice to all those weak husbands, who allow their wives to stake the honour and fortune of their house on a card or a die.”

“I like this notion mightily,” replied Mirzoza; “but know, Prince, that the Manimonbanda has just now sworn by her Pagodas, that she would keep no more drawing-room nights, if ever she found herself again exposed to the impudence of Engastrimuthes.”

“What have you said, my soul’s delight?” interrupted the Sultan.

“I have,” answered the favorite, “made use of the name, which the modest Manimonbanda gives to all those, whose Toys have the faculty of speech.”