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palace. Passing through the courtyard, his heart 

 gave a great leap of joy, for he saw that which 

 made him feel sure he had reached the end of his 

 quest. In a pile of lumber and cast-away furni- 

 ture he recognized the enchanted horse. To the 

 sultan, who demanded his business, he explained 

 that he was a Persian physician who had given 

 all the years of his life to the study of insanity 

 in its various forms; and he said that, having 

 heard of the madness of the princess of Bengal, 

 he had come to Kashmir in the hope that he 

 might be able to restore her to her senses. The 

 sultan was overjoyed, and yet he warned the pre- 

 tended physician that no one could enter into the 

 princess's apartment except at the risk of bruised 

 face, broken bones, and even life itself. But 

 Firouz was in no wise daunted by this infor- 

 mation. 



" I am somewhat of a wizard," said he, " and 

 if I can only allow the princess to catch a glimpse 

 of me before she flies into a fury, I think I can 

 manage the rest." 



And so it was done. The door of the princess's 

 apartment was opened very gently. The physi- 

 cian turned his face squarely toward her and pro- 

 nounced the magic words " Firouz Schah." The 



