. Stories from the Arabian nights . thefirst occasion, made his way back to the townwhile it was yet early. Leaving his wife todispose of the treasure borne by the two asses, heled the third to his sister-in-laws house, andknocking quietly so that none of the neighboursmight hear, was presently admitted by Morgiana,a female slave whose intelligence and discretionhad long been known to him. Morgiana, saidhe, theres trouble on the back of that you keep a secret ? And Morgianas nodsatisfied him better than any oath. Well,said he, your masters body lies there wait-ing to be pieced, and our
. Stories from the Arabian nights . thefirst occasion, made his way back to the townwhile it was yet early. Leaving his wife todispose of the treasure borne by the two asses, heled the third to his sister-in-laws house, andknocking quietly so that none of the neighboursmight hear, was presently admitted by Morgiana,a female slave whose intelligence and discretionhad long been known to him. Morgiana, saidhe, theres trouble on the back of that you keep a secret ? And Morgianas nodsatisfied him better than any oath. Well,said he, your masters body lies there wait-ing to be pieced, and our business now is to buryhim honourably as though he had died a naturaldeath. Go and tell your mistress that I want tospeak to her. Morgiana went in to her mistress, and return-ing presently bade Ali Baba enter. Thenleaving him to break to his sister-in-law thenews and the sad circumstances of his brothersdeath, she, with her plan already formed,hastened forth and knocked at the door of thenearest apothecary. As soon as he opened to. FORTY THIEVES her she required of him in trembling agitationcertain pillules efficacious against grave dis-orders, declaring in answer to his questions thather master had been taken suddenly ill. Withthese she returned home, and her plan of con-cealment having been explained and agreed upon,much to the satisfaction of Ali Baba, she wentforth the next morning to the same apothecary,and with tears in her eyes besought him tosupply her in haste with a certain drug that isgiven to sick people only in the last the rumour of Cassims sickness hadgot abroad ; Ali Baba and his wife had been seencoming and going, while Morgiana by her cease-less activity had made the two days pretendedillness seem like a fortnight : so when a soundof wailing arose within the house ah1 the neigh-bours concluded without further question thatCassim had died a natural and honourabledeath. But Morgiana had now a still more difficulttask to perform, it being nec
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