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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 3 — The Queen and the Beggar

H. (Henry) Parker translation

At the time when [the King] was coming to the chamber in which is the Queen, he stopped, investigating [matters]. Before the King came, [the Beggar], putting on the royal ornaments [and clothes], went. The guards finished the auspicious wish;3 after that he went into the chamber.

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