e to my room while I open it; I am
afraid to open it alone, for perhaps I shall find a Rakshas in it that
will eat me." "No," said King Dantal; "remember, Laili will be naked;
you must go alone, and do not be afraid if, after all, a Rakshas is in
the fruit, for I will stay outside the door, and you have only to call
me with a loud voice, and I will come to you, so the Rakshas will not
be able to eat you."

Then Majnun took the fruit and began to cut it open tremblingly, for
he shook with fear; and when he had cut it, out stepped Laili, young
and far more beautiful than she had ever been. At the sight of her
extreme beauty, Majnun fell backwards fainting on the floor.

Laili took off his turban and wound it all round herself like a sari
(for she had no clothes at all on), and then she called King Dantal,
and said to him sadly, "Why has Majnun fallen down like this? Why will
he not speak to me? He never used to be afraid of me; and he has seen
me so many, many times." King Dantal answered, "It is because you are
so beautiful. You are far, far more beautiful than you ever were. But
he will be very happy directly." Then the King got some water, and
they bathed Majnun's face and gave him some to drink, and he sat up
again. Then Laili said, "Why did you faint? Did you not see I am
Laili?" "Oh!" said Prince Majnun, "I see you are Laili come back to
me, but your eyes have grown so wonderfully beautiful, that I fainted
when I saw them." Then they were all very happy, and King Dantal had
all the drums in the place beaten, and had all the musical instruments
played on, and they made a grand wedding-feast, and gave presents to
the servants, and rice and quantities of rupees to the fakirs.

After some time had passed very happily, Prince Majnun and his wife
went out to eat the air. They rode on the same horse, and had only a
groom with them. They came to another kingdom, to a beautiful garden.
"We must go into that garden and see it," said Majnun. "No, no," said
Laili; "it belongs to a bad Raja, Chumman Basa, a very wicked man."
But Majnun insisted on going in, and in spite of all Laili could say,
he got off the horse to look at the flowers. Now, as he was looking at
the flowers, Laili saw Chumman Basa coming towards them, and she read
in his eyes that he meant to kill her husband and seize her. So she
said to Majnun, "Come, come, let us go; do not go near that bad man. I
see in his eyes, and I feel in my heart, that he will kill