And Kanmakan called down blessings on him.Then the King looked at the stallion，AlKatul highs，and knew him for the very horse he had seen in such and such a year whilst beleaguering the Crossworshippers of Constantinople with Kanmakan's sire，Zau al Makan，that time they slew his uncle Sharrkan.So he said to the Prince，'If thy father could have come by this courser，he would have bought it with a thousand blood horses： but now let the honour return to the honourable.We accept the steed and we give him back to thee as a gift，for to him thou hast more right than any wight，being knightliest of knights.'Then King Sasan bade bring forth for him dresses of honour and led horses and appointed to him the chief lodging in the palace，and showed him the utmost affection and honour，because he feared the issue of the Wazir Dandan's doings.At this Kanmakan rejoiced and shame and humiliation ceased from him.Then he went to his house and，going to his mother，asked，'O my mother，how is it with the daughter of my uncle？'Answered she，'By Allah，O my son，my concern for thine absence hath distracted me from any other，even from thy beloved；especially as she was the cause of thy strangerhood and thy separation from me.'Then he complained to her of his case，saying，'O my mother，go to her and speak with her；haply she will vouchsafe me her sight to see and dispel from me this despondency.'Replied his mother，'Idle desires abase men's necks；so put away from thee this thought that can only vex；for I will not wend to her nor go in to her with such message.'
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