“Hearing your Majesty say that salt was the commonest
thing that comes to table, and altogether so worthless and
contemptible, I considered in my mind whether it was a thing
that at all deserved to be served up to the table of the king;
and, judging that it was not worthy, I abolished it from the
king’s kitchen, and dressed all the meats without it. Barring
this, the dishes are the same that are sent every day to the
table of the king.”
Then the king understood the value of salt, and he
comprehended how great was the love of his youngest child for
him; so he sent and had her apartment opened, and called her to
him, never to go away any more.