<P> At noon on the following day, the prince was blindfolded and brought before a priest, where a marriage ceremony was performed and he could feel and hear a lady standing next to him . Once the ceremony was complete, the blindfold was removed and he turned to find 40 ladies standing before him, one of whom was his new bride . If he did not correctly identify her, the Discourager would execute him on the spot . The prince narrowed the possibilities down to two, one lady smiling and one frowning, and made the correct choice . </P> <P> The kingdom official tells the five travelers that once they figure out which lady the prince had married, he will tell them the outcome of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" The story ends with a comment that they still have not come to a decision . </P> <P> A play adaptation by Sydney Rosenfeld debuted at Wallack's Theatre in 1888 ran for seven weeks . In addition to stretching out the story as long as possible to make it a play, at the end the choice was revealed to the audience--neither a lady or tiger, but an old hag . </P> <P> Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp released a recording of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" and "The Discourager of Hesitancy" with Willcox reading the stories to electric guitar accompaniment by Fripp . </P>

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