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Quoth Ed Denef, 'What ails thee, O Aslan? And he answered, 'I know now for certain that I am the son of Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat and I would have thee avenge me of my father's murderer. 'And who was thy father's murderer? asked Ed Denef. 'Ahmed Kemakim the arch- thief, replied Aslan.
Meanwhile, Ahmed ed Denef, Alaeddin's adopted father, was sitting, making merry with his followers in a garden, when in came one of the water-carriers of the Divan and kissing Ahmed's hand, said to him, 'O Captain, thou sittest at thine ease, with water running at thy feet, and knowest not what has happened. 'What is to do? asked Ahmed, and the other answered, 'They have gone down with thine adopted son, Alaeddin, to the gallows. 'O Hassan Shouman, said Ahmed, 'What sayst thou of this? 'Assuredly, Alaeddin is innocent' replied his lieutenant; 'and this is some enemy's practice against him. Quoth Ahmed, 'What counsellest thou? And Hassan said, 'God willing, we must rescue him. Then he went to the prison and said to the gaoler, 'Give us some one deserving of death. So he gave him one that was likest to Alaeddin and they covered his head and carried him to the place of execution between Ahmed ed Denef and Ali ez Zibec of Cairo.
Then said the Khalif to Aslan, 'Ask a boon of me; and he replied, 'I beseech thee to unite me with my father. Whereat the Khalif wept and said, 'Most like it was thy father that was hanged and is dead; but by the life of my forefathers, whoso bringeth me the glad news that he is yet in the bonds of life, I will give him all he seeketh! Then came forward Ahmed ed Denef and kissing the earth before the Khalif, said, 'Grant me indemnity, O Commander of the Faithful! 'Thou hast it, answered the Khalif; and Ed Denef said, 'I give thee the good news that Alaeddin is alive and well. Quo the Khalif, 'What is this thou sayest? 'As thy head liveth, answered Ed Denef, 'I speak sooth; for I ransomed him with another, of those who deserved death, and carried him to Alexandria, where I set him up as a dealer in second-hand goods. Then said Er Reshid, 'I charge thee fetch him to me; and Ed Denef replied, 'I hear and obey; whereupon the Khalif bade give him ten thousand dinars and he set out for Alexandria.
And now, O my son, when thou seest Ahmed ed Denef, so thou say to him, "I conjure thee, by Allah, O my chief, avenge me on the murderer of my father Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat!" So he went out from her and betaking himself to Ahmed ed Denef, kissed his hand.
Now Ed Denef had told him that the Khalif sought him; but he said, 'I am bound first for Cairo, to salute my father and mother and the people of my house. So they all mounted the couch and it carried them to Cairo the Happy, where they alighted in the street called Yellow, where stood Shemseddin's house.
Presently, he turned to Hassan Shouman and his men and said to them, 'Plead ye for me with Captain Ahmed ed Denef, that he accept me as his son before God. And Ahmed ed Denef assented, saying, 'I and my forty men will go before thee to the Divan every day.
He saw him in the street and received him with open arms, embracing him and welcoming him. Ed Denef gave him the good news of his son Aslan and how he was now come to the age of twenty; and Alaeddin, in his turn, told the captain of the guard all that had befallen him, whereat he marvelled exceedingly.
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