The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . he light continued to approach the tomb by little andlittle until it came very near; and as he looked attentively at it, heperceived three black slaves, two of whom were bearing a chest, theother having in his hand an adze and a lantern ; and as they drewnear, one of the two slaves who were bearing the chest said, What aileththee, O Sawab ?3—to which the other of the two replied, What aileththee, O Kafoor ?9 The former rejoined, Were we not here at the hourof nightfall, and did we not leav
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . he light continued to approach the tomb by little andlittle until it came very near; and as he looked attentively at it, heperceived three black slaves, two of whom were bearing a chest, theother having in his hand an adze and a lantern ; and as they drewnear, one of the two slaves who were bearing the chest said, What aileththee, O Sawab ?3—to which the other of the two replied, What aileththee, O Kafoor ?9 The former rejoined, Were we not here at the hourof nightfall, and did we not leave the door open ?—Yes, answered theother : what thou sayest is true.—See then, resumed the first speaker,it is shut and barred.—Upon this, the third, who was carrying theadze and light, and whose name was Bakheet,10 said, How small isyour sense ! Know ye not that the owners of the gardens go forthfrom Baghdad and repair hither, and, evening overtaking them, enterthis place, and shut the door upon themselves, through fear, lest theblacks, like ourselves, should take them and roast them and eat. • /ft. fe^ them?11—Thou hast , they answered; but there is noneamong us of less sense than thyself.—Verily, he replied, ye will notbelieve me until we enter the burial-place and find some one in it : andI imagine that, if any one be in it, and have seen the light, he hathbetaken himself to the top of the palm-tree. When Ghanim heard these words of the slave, he said within him-self, How cunning is this slave ! May Allah disgrace the blacks fortheir malice and villainy ! There is no strength nor power but in God,the High, the Great ! What will deliver me from this difficulty ?—The two who were bearing the chest then said to him who had theadze, Climb over the wall, and open to us the door, O Bakheet; forwe are fatigued with carrying the chest upon our necks : and if thouopen to us the door, we will give thee one of the persons whom wetake, and we will fry him fo
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