Katayun Crowns the Stranger

From C5.7, Katayun, Daughter of Caesar. It illustrates C5.7.27–32:

• C5.7.27
  Goshtasb went with him without delay,And toward the hall of Caesar made his way.
• C5.7.28
  Below the nobles, in a nook apart,He sat exhausted, sorrow in his heart.
• C5.7.29
  The chamber-servants entered, swift and fleet,Then Katayun came with her rosy suite.
• C5.7.30
  Across the hall she searched; each face she scanned;Before, behind her moved the maiden band.
• C5.7.31
  She saw Goshtasb and cried, “Before my eyesThe hidden meaning of my dream now lies!”
• C5.7.32
  She took the crown and set it on his head,Rejoicing in the man she chose to wed.

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