"
"Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation
thereof," answered again the now astonished magicians.
"Ah, indeed!" said the king, disdainfully. "And have I not already told
you that the thing is gone from me; and how can I tell you the dream? If
I were able to do this, ye would readily produce your lying and corrupt
interpretations. Do ye not profess to derive your knowledge and power of
interpretation from the gods? Then let the same gods reveal unto you the
dream itself."
"This is a strange demand, indeed," answered the alarmed astrologers.
"There is not a man on earth that can grant thy desire, and show thee
this matter. Be assured, O king, that thou requirest impossibilities at
the hands of thy servants; and there is none other that can show it
before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not in the flesh."
"And do ye not profess to hold intercourse with those gods?" answered the
king, in a passion; "thus ye have proved yourselves to be a band of lying
hypocrites.
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