Did your mother wear that ?" "My father found it on her when she died," said Uarda.

"She came to Egypt as a prisoner of war, and was as white as I am, but dumb, so she could not tell us the name of her home." "She belonged to some great house among the foreigners, and the children inherit from the mother," cried the prince joyfully.

"You are a princess, Uarda! Oh! how glad I am, and how much I love you!" The girl smiled and said, "Now you will not be afraid to touch the daughter of the unclean." "You are cruel," replied the prince.

"Shall I tell you what I determined on yesterday,--what would not let me sleep last night,--and for what I came here today ?" "Well ?" Rameri took a most beautiful white rose out of his robe and said: "It is very childish, but I thought how it would be if I might put this flower with my own hands into your shining hair.

May I ?" "It is a splendid rose! I never saw such a fine one." "It is for my haughty princess.