Then the Treasurer said, "I gave it to a courtesan woman."

Afterwards the King caused the courtesan woman to be brought. "Did

this Treasurer give thee a necklace?"

Thereupon the courtesan woman thought to herself, "What will this be

about, that such a Treasurer said he gave me a necklace? Because of it,

it is bad to say he did not give it; I must say he gave it." Having

thought this, she said, "He gave it."

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