The old rajah was not dead, then, since he rose of a sudden, like a spectre, took up his wife in his arms, and descended from the pyre in the midst of the clouds of smoke, which only heightened his ghostly appearance.
Creyeron que el viejo rajá no había muerto, puesto que lo vieron de repente levantarse, tomara la joven mujer en sus brazos y bajar de la hoguera en medio de torbellinos de humo que le daban una apariencia de espectro.