Tell me, what hast thou seen? What moves thee thus?”

The voice of sympathy, the dame’s warm touch,

Roused Guje-Zare; faintly thus she spake:

“O auntie, I implore thee, tell me true

Where dwells the owner of this golden ring?”

“A guest within my tent,” replied the dame.

Then Guje-Zare, sighing, said, “Behold,

Of the festivities three days are past;

To-morrow is the bridal’s final day.

Let Sia-Manto know there is one chance,