The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . t that shall befall methere.—As soon, then, as this next night shall have closed in, said theeunuch, repair to the mosque which the lady Zubeydeh hath built onthe bank of the Tigris, and there say thy prayers, and pass the —Most willingly, I replied. Accordingly, when the time of nightfall arrived, I went to themosque, and said my prayers there, and passed the night; and as soonas the morning began to dawn, I saw two eunuchs approaching in asmall boat, conveying some empty chests,
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . t that shall befall methere.—As soon, then, as this next night shall have closed in, said theeunuch, repair to the mosque which the lady Zubeydeh hath built onthe bank of the Tigris, and there say thy prayers, and pass the —Most willingly, I replied. Accordingly, when the time of nightfall arrived, I went to themosque, and said my prayers there, and passed the night; and as soonas the morning began to dawn, I saw two eunuchs approaching in asmall boat, conveying some empty chests, which they brought into themosque. One of them then departed, and the other remained; and Ilooked attentively at him, and lo, it was he who had been our inter-mediary : and soon after, the damsel, my companion, came up to rose to her when she approached, and embraced her ; and she kissedme, and wept : and after we had conversed together for a little while,she took me and placed me in a chest, and locked it upon Theslaves then brought a quantity of stuffs, and filled with them the other. u^^filRtlsIp chests, which they locked, and conveyed, together with the chest inwhich I was enclosed, to the boat, accompanied by the damsel; andhaving embarked them, they plied the oars, and proceeded to the palaceof the honoured lady Zubeydeh. The intoxication of love now ceasedin me, and reflection came in its place : I repented of what I had done,and prayed God to deliver me from my dangerous predicament. Meanwhile, they arrived at the gate of the Khaleefeh, where theylanded, and took out all the chests, and conveyed them into thepalace: but the chief of the door-keepers, who had been asleep whenthey arrived, was awoke by the sounds of their voices, and cried out tothe damsel, saying, The chests must be opened, that I may see whatis in them:—and he arose, and placed his hand upon the chest inwhich I was hidden. My reason abandoned me, my heart almostburst from my body, and m
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