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Moreover, he gave me yet thirty thousand dirhems, saying, "Furnish thyself with this, and when the day of estate comes round, come thou to me, that I may invest thee with an office." So I took the money and returned home, where I prayed the morning-prayer. Presently came the Khorassani, so I carried him into the house and brought out to him ten thousand dirhems, saying, "Here is thy money."
Therefore, most humane sir, I entreat you to interfere." "Was there no witness?" inquired Yussuf. "None, good sir," replied the man, slipping five dirhems into the hand of Yussuf. "Then I decide that there is no divorce," replied Yussuf, pocketing the money; "and therefore you are no debtor. Woman, come hither.
I must farther confess to you, that by this trick we have gained together ten thousand dirhems. This day I demanded of my partners two thousand five hundred that belonged to my share, but they refused because I told them I would leave them; and they were afraid I should accuse them.
Order me to be hanged at once, my lord, continued the unfortunate merchant, wringing his hands. 'Order me to be hanged at once. I have lived long enough. 'What is all this? enquired Hassan; 'speak, friend, without fear. 'I am a faithful subject of the Caliph, answered the merchant; 'I am a devout Moslem, but I have lost ten thousand dirhems.
Now his day's earnings at the bath were five dirhems, of which he spent every day two dirhems for Zoulmekan, one for sweet waters and sherbets and another for fowls; and he ceased not to entreat him thus kindly for a whole month, till the trace of illness ceased from him and he was quite recovered whereupon the stoker and his wife rejoiced and the former said to him, "O my son, wilt thou go with me to the bath?"
'Their owner is not with us, but the King shall take what he will of them. Quoth she, 'Bring them ashore, that I may see them. So he called to the sailors, who brought her the fifty jars; and she opened one and looking at the olives, said to the captain, 'I will take the whole fifty and pay you their value, whatever it may be. 'By Allah, O my lord, answered he, 'they have no value in our country and the fifty jars may be worth some hundred dirhems; but their owner tarried behind us, and he is a poor man. 'And what are they worth here? asked she.
It appears that there was no divorce so says your husband and you have no witness to prove it. You are therefore no creditor. Go to your husband, and walk home with him; he is not much of a husband, to be sure, but still he must be cheap at the three dirhems which you have paid me. God be with you. Such is my decree."
'I am a faithful subject of the Caliph, and I am bound to serve him, replied the merchant; 'I am a devout Moslem, and 'tis my duty to destroy all Giaours, but I am also a man, and I must look after my own interest. Noble Governor, the long and the short is, these scoundrels have robbed me of ten thousand dirhems, as my slaves will tell you: at least, goods to that amount.
'I hope a true Moslem will not touch a Jewess, exclaimed an indignant black eunuch. 'They approach. What a dust! said the captain of the gate. 'I see Hassan Subah! said the sentinel. 'So do I, said the eunuch, 'I know his black horse. 'I wonder how many dirhems old Bostenay is worth, said the captain. 'Immense! said the sentinel. 'No plunder, I suppose? said the eunuch.
His comrades answered there was no need, they did not mistrust him; so he opened one of the bags, and took out ten dirhems, and each of the other blind men did the like. My brother put the bags into their place again: after which, one of the blind men said to him, "There is no need to lay out anything for supper, for I have collected as much victuals from good people as will serve us all."
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