Appusiñño said, "All is indeed the revenue which he receives from
gardens, and grass fields, and rice fields."
After that, he took away the vessel. At that time taking the rupee
which was hidden, having brought it again, he gave it [with the
rupee inside].
That day also the King said, "Look here. A rupee has been overlooked;
take it away."
Thereupon he says, "If one gather up rupees at home in that way there
are many [there]. What of that one!"
Appusiñño having gone, and having walked to the shops in the villages,
[after] finding about a hundred old keys, returned. Having brought the
keys, and having thoroughly cleaned them, and made them into a bunch
of keys, he tied them at his waist. [After] tying them at his waist
he went in the direction of the royal house. The King, having seen
this bunch of keys, asked, "Whence, Appusiñño, keys to this extent?"
"They are the keys of the cash-boxes in the wardrobes of the Lord
Mudaliyar," he said. Having said it, Appusiñño said, "O Lord King,
Your Majesty, will you, Sir, be angry at my speaking?"
The King replied, "I am not angry at your speaking, or at your saying
anything you want."
Thereupon Appusiñño says, "Our Lord Mudaliyar having walked to every
place in this country, there was not an opportunity (idak) [for a
marriage] to be found." The Monkey informed the King that although
during the little time that had passed he was poor, at present he
was a great rich man, and that he was a person born formerly of an
extremely important lineage. "Because of it I am speaking," he said.
At that time the King said, "That there are signs of his wealth,
I know. His caste and birth [219] I do not know. Hereafter (dewenu)
having inquired [about them], I will say."
Thereupon Appusiñño having gone into a multitude of villages, told
the men, "The King having sent messages and told you to come, will
ask, 'Is Babasiñño a very wealthy person? Is he a person of good
lineage?' Then say, 'He is of a very good caste.'"
After that, the King having summoned the Talipat fan men [220] who
were in that country, made inquiry, "Is Babasiñño's house (i.e.,
lineage) good or bad?"
The whole of them began to say, "He is a monied man, an overlord of
lineage," [221] they said.
After that, Appusiñño came once to the royal palace. At that time
the King said to Appusiñño that he must see the bridegroom.
Thereupon Appusiñño having gone home, and again having gone to the
bazaar and bought a piece of soap, caused the Lord Mudaliyar Babasiñño
to bathe.
Again, the Monkey known as Appusiñño, splitting his head with a stone,
went running to the royal house.