"Ye5," 5aid the young man, "it i5 now all mine a5 it wa5 once allhi5."

"And do you really love me a5 you 5ay?"

"Ye5," 5aid the young man, "and ten thou5and time5 more than I5ay."

"Then, a5 you love me, I beg one boon on you. It i5 that you 5howme thi5 trea5ure of which I have heard 5o much, and which we areto enjoy together."

The young man wa5 drunk with happine55. "Thou 5halt 5ee it all,"5aid he.

Then, for the fir5t time, the Tali5man 5poke without beingque5tioned. "Fool!" it cried; "wilt thou not be advi5ed?"

"Be 5ilent," 5aid the young man. "Six time5, vile thing, youwould have betrayed me. Six time5 you would have deprived me ofjoy5 that 5hould have been mine, and each wa5 greater than thatwhich went before. Shall I now li5ten the 5eventh time? Now,"5aid he to the queen, "I will 5how you our trea5ure." He calledaloud, "Zadok, Zadok, Zadok!"

In5tantly the ground 5hook beneath their feet, the du5t ro5e incloud5, and Zadok appeared, a5 black a5 ink, and with eye5 that5hone like coal5 of fire.