threshold of their married life,
she had more to relate of her adventures than he had given her the
opportunity to tell as yet; and then, without hiding anything, she
informed him of all that happened to her from the time she had stolen
out to visit the wicked jogi.

In the morning the prince called his chief wazir and ordered him to shut
up in the chest in which the princess had been found a great monkey that
lived chained up in the palace, and to take the chest back to the river
and set it afloat once more and watch what became of it. So the monkey
was caught and put into the chest, and some of the prince's servants
took it down to the river and pushed it off into the water. Then they
followed secretly a long way off to see what became of it.

[Illustration: The Terrible End of the Jogi]

Meanwhile the jogi's two pupils watched and watched for the chest until
they were nearly tired of watching, and were beginning to wonder
whether the jogi was right after all, when on the second day they spied
the great chest coming floating on the river, slowly bobbing and turning
on the tide; and instantly a great joy and exultation seized them, for
they thought that here indeed was further proof of the wonderful wisdom
of their master. With some difficulty they secured the chest, and
carried it back as swiftly and secretly as possible to the jogi's house.
As soon as they brought in the chest, the jogi, who had been getting
very cross and impatient, told them to put it down, and to go outside
whilst he opened the magic chest.

'And even if you hear cries and sounds, however alarming, you must on no
account enter,' said the jogi, walking over to a closet where lay the
silken cord that was to strangle the princess.

And the two pupils did as they were told, and went outside and shut
close all the doors. Presently they heard a great outcry within, and the
jogi's voice crying aloud for help; but they dared not enter, for had
they not been told that whatever the noise, they must not come in? So
they sat outside, waiting and wondering; and at last all grew still and
quiet, and remained so for such a long time that they determined to
enter and see if all was well. No sooner had they opened the door
leading into the courtyard than they were nearly upset by a huge monkey
that came leaping straight to the doorway and escaped past them into the
open fields. Then they stepped into the room, and there they saw the
jogi's body lying torn to