They were just outside the prison, so at last the youth consented to go
in and talk for a little while with the Sultan.
When they got inside the courtyard, the youth took a pair of leg-irons
and asked the Sultan, "What are these?"
The Sultan replied, "Those are the leg-irons with which we fasten our
prisoners."
Then that youth said, "Oh, fasten them on me, that I may see how they
work."
The Sultan said, "No, you are a woman, but I will put them on to show
you," and he put them on.