rule,  proves  too  strong  for  custom,


GULLALA  SHAH.  467

first  wife  got  very  angry,  and  went  and  told  GuUala
Shah  of  their  quarrel,  and  begged  him  to  get  the  neck-
lace, and  he  promised  to  try  and  do  so.  When  Gulldla
Shah  asked  PanjPhTil  for  the  necklace  she  refused  as  before,
saying  that  it  contained  the  secret  of  her  life,  and  was
a  charm  to  her  against  all  dangers,  sickness,  and  trials;
deprived  of  it  she  might  become  sick  and  miserable,  or  be
taken  away  from  them  and  die.'*  However,  GuUala  Shah
would  not  be  denied,  and  so  Panj  Phiil,  for  very  love  of
liim,  handed  it  to  him,  and  he  gave  it  to  his  other  wife.
Soon  after  this  Panj  Phiil  suddenly  disappeared.  On
discovering  this  Gullala  Shah  and  his  first  wife,  together
with  all  the  household,  mourned  and  wept  "  What
have  we  done  ?  "  cried  they  all.  "  For  a  trifle  we  have
lost  our  lovely  Panj  Phill.  How  obedient  she  was  to
her  husband  !  How  unselfish  in  the  house  !  How  kind
and  loving  to  every  one  !  Alas !  alas !  why  did  we  this
thing  ?     We  have  caused  the  death  of  our  darling  !  "

As  for  Gullala  Shdh,  he  knew  not  what  to  do  for  grief.
He  wept  day  and  night.  At  last,  thoroughly  worn  out
and  ill,  he  determined  to  leave  the  place,  and  to  go  and
seek  the  flowers  in  search  of  which  he  commenced  his  wan-
derings. The  king,  seeing  that  he  was  getting  weaker  and
thinner,  consented,  and  gave  him  money  for  his  journey.
