“‘Nay,’I answered,‘but I will take nought but that leaden ring,for I know what is written within it,and for what purpose.’
“And the emperor trembled,and besought me and said: ‘Take all the treasure and go from my city.The half that is mine shall be thine also.’
“And I did a strange thing,but what I did matters not,for in a cave that is but a day’s journey from this place have I hidden the Ring of Riches.It is but a day’s journey from this place,and it waits for thy coming.He who has this ring is richer than all the kings of the world.Come therefore and take it,and the world’s riches shall be thine.”