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Ukleet nodded at him, and repeated the distich: Men of worth and men of wits Shoot with two arrows, and make two hits. So he arranged with Boolp the same appointment as with the Vizier, and returned to Queen Bhanavar.
Surely she was at the gates of pale spirits within an hour of her interview with Ukleet, and there was no blessedness for her save in death, the stiffer of ills, the drug that is infallible. As is said: Dark is that last stage of sorrow Which from Death alone can borrow Comfort: Bhanavar would have died then, but in a certain pause of her fever the Vizier stood by her.
Boolp was engaged haggling with a slave-merchant the price of a fair slave, and Ukleet said to him,'Yet awhile delay, O Boolp, ere you expend a fraction of treasure, for truly a mighty bargain of jewels is waiting for you at the palace of my lord the King.
Surely thy punishment and this ruin is but part payment to Boolp of the price of the Jewel, the great Jewel that's in the hands of the Vizier. Then she questioned him: 'And Almeryl, the Prince, my husband, what of him? Ukleet was dumb, and Bhanavar asked to hear no more.
Shall I leave my wealth and all I possess void of eyes? and she so that I recognise her not behind the veil? Ukleet pushed the old miser jeeringly: 'You not recognise her? Oh, Boolp, a pretty dissimulation! Pledge her now a cup to the snatching of the veil, and bethink you of a fitting verse, a seemly compliment, something sugary.
Then Boolp smoothed his head, and was bothered; and tapped it, and commenced repeating to Bhanavar: I saw the moon behind a cloud, And I was cold as one that's in his shroud: And I cried, Moon! Ukleet chorused him, 'Moon! and Boolp was deranged in what he had to say, and gasped, Moon! I cried, Moon! and I cried, Moon!
Surely thy punishment and this ruin is but part payment to Boolp of the price of the Jewel, the great Jewel that's in the hands of the Vizier. Then she questioned him: 'And Almeryl, the Prince, my husband, what of him? Ukleet was dumb, and Bhanavar asked to hear no more.
Then he named a sum that was a great sum, but not the value of the Jewel to the fiftieth part, nay nor the five-hundredth part, of its value; and Ukleet remonstrated with him, but he was resolute, saying, 'Even that sum leaves me a beggar. So Bhanavar said, 'My desire is for immediate payment of the money, and the Jewel is thine for that sum.
So she sent to him the little mountain-girl she loved, but Ukleet would tell her nothing; then went she herself, greeting him graciously, for his service was other than that of self-seeking. Ukleet said, 'O Lady, mistress of hearts, moon of the tides of will! 'tis certain I was thy slave from the hour I beheld thee first, and of the Prince, thy husband; Allah rest his soul!
Then he waxed white with rage, exclaiming, 'Yea, 'tis she! a serpent in the slough! and Ukleet in the torture hath told of thee what is known to him. Unveil! unveil! She threw the veil from her figure, and smiled, for Mashalleed was mute, the torrent of invective frozen on his mouth when he beheld the miracle of beauty that she was, the splendid jewel of throbbing loveliness.
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