I call it myself the stone of the thousand and one lies, for I assure you that I had to invent a cycle of folk-lore before the Rajah who owned it would consent to sell the thing.

我自己称它为千零一谎之石，因为我向你保证，在拥有它的 Rajah 同意出售它之前，我必须发明一个民间传说的循环。