Then the Prince asked, "Are you coming immediately?"

The Princess said, "Should [it] come [I] shall not come; should [it]

not come, I shall come." [96]

The Prince got into his mind, "This meant indeed (lit., said),

'Should water come in the river I cannot come; should water not come

I will come.'"

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