Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 435
f a truth,be as evil a host as was Alittan the Miser. Of him I know not, said the king. Why, then, said the farmer, know that thisMiltan gave a feast to his friends, who, as thecustom is, put off their shoes at the thresholdbefore entering the house. Then did this Mittansecretly send a slave to… … THi: FAKMICK SM.AAMF.O FLl.I. LOW. then did this shameless ?ilittan give answer, Thyshoes ha\ c entertained thee. .\ye, said Akbar; but had Mittan kindly en-tertained his king, even as thou hast now done,would it have beseemed .\kbar to depart withoutgiving recompense? And when the farmer knew that…
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