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And Amjad said the like and entreated the treasurer to kill him before As'ad, saying, "My brother is younger than I; so make me not taste of his anguish. And they both wept bitter tears whilst the treasurer wept for their weeping; And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say. When it was the Two Hundred and Twenty-first Night,
Now as she was watching him from behind the curtain; when she had made an end of her speech, she turned to him and said, 'Methinks thou be of those who give men the preference over women! He replied, 'Assuredly, and she asked, 'And why so?; whereto he answered, 'For that Allah hath made the masculine worthier than the feminine," And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
So I ate my fill of the fruits and slaked my thirst with the water of the streams till I could no more and I returned thanks to the Most High and glorified Him; And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say. When it was the Five Hundred and Fifty-seventh Night,
Now when I heard this, I marvelled at his evil nature and his depravity and mischief-making and his ignoble birth and provenance and, turning upon him, I said, 'There is none on the face of the earth better or more righteous than the Barmecides, nor any baser nor more wrongous than thou; for they bought thee off from death and delivered thee from destruction, giving thee what should save thee; yet thou thankest them not nor praises" them, neither acquittest thee after the manner of the noble; nay, thou meetest their benevolence with this speech. Then I went to Al-Rashid and acquainted him with all that had passed" And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
Thereupon quoth Shahryar to Shahrazad, "I desire that thou tell me somewhat about birds;" and hearing this Dunyazad said to her sister, "I have never seen the Sultan light at heart all this while till the present night, and his pleasure garreth me hope that the issue for thee with him may be a happy issue." When it was the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Night,
Then they set on fruits, and when they had eaten thereof, King Barakhiya, whose estate was like that of King Sakhr, asked his guest, 'When didst thou leave King Sakhr? And Bulukiya answered, 'Two days ago. Quoth Barakhiya, 'Dost thou know, how many days' journey thou hast come in these two days? Quoth he, 'No, and the King rejoined, 'Thou hast come a journey of threescore and ten months." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When the ladies heard Ja afar's words touching the Commander of the Faithful, the eldest came forward and said, "O Prince of True Believers, my story is one which, were it graven with needle-gravers upon the eye corners were a warner for whoso would be warned and an example for whoso can take profit from example." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
"O my lord," continued the Eunuch -And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say, When it was the Seventy-fourth Night, She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that the Eunuch said to Zau al-Makan, "O my lord, I have sought thee these several times this night, for my mistress biddeth thee to her."
At this I was chagrined, for I was weary of long strangerhood; and my disappointment endured for a time till one day, going in to King Mihrjan, I found him with a company of Indians. I saluted them and they returned my salam; and politely welcomed me and asked me of my country. And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
Now from this day forward I allot him a settled solde and allowances, every month a thousand gold pieces; and, were I to share with him my realm 'twere but a little matter. Perforce I must suspect that thou speakest on this wise from mere envy and jealousy as they relate of the King Sindibad." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day, and ceased saying her permitted say.
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