"Let us see," said the enchanter, "what service this slave can do us, before she is trusted so near our persons."
The female slave, being secured by the guards, was doubtful how to behave.
"Have you, base slave," said the enchanter, "aught to reveal to us? or are you sent as a spy to betray the counsels of the brave?"
"I have," said the female slave (somewhat recovered from her surprise), "papers and mandates of great consequence, which I have stolen from the tent of the Sultan; and I bring them to the Prince Ahubal, the lord of all the hearts of the Indian empire."
She then produced her mandates, and the guards laid them at the feet of Ahubal.
The Prince Ahubal, having read the papers, gave them to Tasnar, saying, "These are indeed valuable acquisitions, and the female slave that bro
