. Stories from the Arabian nights . hose nature so much virtueand grace seemed blended. But while he was thus lost in the contemplationof her loveliness there arose from the basementof the castle a dreadful sound of crying andlamentation. What is that ? inquired thePrince. It is the cry of the prisoners, repliedthe lady, to whom, I doubt not, the opening ofthe gates has betokened the monsters , therefore, quickly and relieve them oftheir misery. And so saying she pointed to thedoor which led to the place of confinement. Thither, accompanied by the lady, wentCodadad with all speed. D
. Stories from the Arabian nights . hose nature so much virtueand grace seemed blended. But while he was thus lost in the contemplationof her loveliness there arose from the basementof the castle a dreadful sound of crying andlamentation. What is that ? inquired thePrince. It is the cry of the prisoners, repliedthe lady, to whom, I doubt not, the opening ofthe gates has betokened the monsters , therefore, quickly and relieve them oftheir misery. And so saying she pointed to thedoor which led to the place of confinement. Thither, accompanied by the lady, wentCodadad with all speed. Descending by a darkstair he came upon a vast cavern dimly lighted,around the walls of which a hundred prisonerslay chained. Instantly he set to work to loosetheir bonds, informing them at the same time ofthe death of their captor and of their freedomfrom all further danger. At these unexpectedtidings the captives raised a cry of joy andthanksgiving ; but great as was their surprise atsuch unlooked-for deliverance, greater still was. WICKED HALF-BROTHERS that of the Prince when, on bringing them to thelight, he discovered that forty-nine of the hundredwhom he had released were his own brethren. The Princes received the cordial embraces oftheir deliverer with little embarrassment, for thedisaster into which they had fallen had causedthem almost entirely to forget their originalintent. Satisfied with expressing in proper termstheir obligation and gratitude toward Codadad,they now joined eagerly in his survey of thecastle ; there upon examination they found anextraordinary variety and wealth of booty, con-sisting for the most part of merchandise which thenegro had pillaged from passing caravans, someof it actually belonging to those whom Codadadhad so recently rescued. The Prince accordingly ordered the merchantseach to take what he recognized as his own ;and this being done he divided the rest equallybetween them. The question then arose howthey should remove their plunder from a
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