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not how the case stood, he sent out
one of his sons, a youth of gallant
person, and charged him that on pain
of his life he should not return without
learning where the damsel was, and
who had carried her away.The brother
put to sea, and, following on the track
of the other ship, heard something
which convinced him that his sister
had been carried off by the son of the
emperor. Having made sure of this, he
returned to his father, and told him
how the emperor's son had come in
person and had taken away the
princess. Where-upon the king
forthwith let equip a vast expedition to
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