# 016 - Six Hundred and Eighty-second Night to Six Hundred and Eighty-fourth Night

An episode of [Arabian Nights Volume 7 - Tales of Adventure and Intrigue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1858984052), 3 Dec 2025, 24 min.

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Dive into the enchanting world of Arabian Nights, a mesmerizing collection of stories that have captivated audiences for centuries. This compilation, woven together through the artful storytelling of Shahrazad, features a rich tapestry of myths and folklore from the Indian subcontinent, Persia, and Arabia. Despite the absence of an original manuscript, this timeless collection is believed to have originated between AD 800-900. Among its many treasures are the iconic tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor. This volume is part of the renowned sixteen-volume translation by Richard Francis Burton, showcasing the allure of these age-old narratives. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia) This episode includes AI-generated content.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: Section sixteen of the Book of A Thousand Knights and
[0:03] Speaker 1: a Night, Volume seven. This is a LibriVox recording. All
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[0:17] Speaker 1: Pam Castile. The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night,
[0:22] Speaker 1: Volume seven by Anonymous, translated by Richard Francis Burton, Section sixteen.
[0:31] Speaker 1: When it was the six hundred and eighty second night,
[0:34] Speaker 1: she resumed it hath reached me, o auspicious king, that
[0:40] Speaker 1: the Prince of true believers, a bid al Malik Benmrjuan,
[0:44] Speaker 1: hearing of the lady's beauty and loveliness, sent to ask
[0:48] Speaker 1: her in marriage. And she wrote him in reply a
[0:51] Speaker 1: letter in which, after the glorification of Allah and benediction
[0:56] Speaker 1: of his prophet, she said, but afterwards know, o, Commander
[1:01] Speaker 1: of the faithful, that the dog hath lapped in the vase.
[1:05] Speaker 1: When the Caliph read her answer, he laughed and wrote
[1:08] Speaker 1: to her, sighting his saying, whom may Allah bless and keep.
[1:14] Speaker 1: If a dog lap in the vessel of one of you,
[1:17] Speaker 1: let him wash seven times once thereof with earth, and
[1:22] Speaker 1: adding wash the affront from the place of use. With
[1:27] Speaker 1: this she could not gainsay him. So she replied to him, saying,
[1:33] Speaker 1: after praise and blessing, O, Commander of the faithful, I
[1:37] Speaker 1: will not consent save on one condition. And if thou
[1:41] Speaker 1: ask me what it is, I reply that al Hajai
[1:45] Speaker 1: lead my camel to the town where thou triest, barefoot
[1:50] Speaker 1: and clad as he is. When the Caliph read her letter,
[1:54] Speaker 1: he laughed long and loudly and sent to al Hajai,
[1:58] Speaker 1: bidding him to do as she wished. He dared not
[2:02] Speaker 1: disobey the order, so he submitted to the Caliph's commandment
[2:06] Speaker 1: and sent to Hind, telling her to make ready for
[2:09] Speaker 1: the journey. So she made ready and mounted her litter.
[2:13] Speaker 1: When Alhajai with his suite came up to Hen's door,
[2:17] Speaker 1: and as she mounted and her damsels and eunuchs rode
[2:21] Speaker 1: around her, he dismounted and took the halter of her
[2:24] Speaker 1: camel and led it along barefooted, whilst she and her
[2:29] Speaker 1: damsels and tirewomen laughed and jeered at him and made
[2:33] Speaker 1: mock of him. Then she said to her tirewoman, draw
[2:37] Speaker 1: back the curtain of the litter, and she drew back
[2:40] Speaker 1: the curtain till Hind was face to face with Alhajai,
[2:44] Speaker 1: whereupon she laughed at him, and he improvised this couplet
[2:49] Speaker 1: though now thou jeer ohnd how many a knight I
[2:54] Speaker 1: have left thee wakeful sighing for the light. And she
[2:58] Speaker 1: answered him, with these two we reck not and our
[3:03] Speaker 1: life escape from bain for waste of wealth and gear
[3:07] Speaker 1: that went in vain. Money may be regained and rank
[3:11] Speaker 1: rewe when one is cured of malady and pain. And
[3:16] Speaker 1: she ceased not to laugh at him and make sport
[3:19] Speaker 1: of him, till they drew near the city of the Caliph,
[3:23] Speaker 1: when she threw down a dinar with her own hand
[3:26] Speaker 1: and said to Alhajai, O camel driver, I have dropped
[3:30] Speaker 1: a dirham. Look for it and give it to me.
[3:34] Speaker 1: So he looked and see nought. But the dinar said
[3:37] Speaker 1: this is a dinar. She replied, nay tis a durham.
[3:41] Speaker 1: But he said this is a dinar. Then quoth she
[3:46] Speaker 1: praise be Allah, who hath given us in exchange for
[3:49] Speaker 1: a paltry durham a dinar. Give it us. And Alhajai
[3:54] Speaker 1: was abashed at this. Then he carried her to the
[3:57] Speaker 1: palace of the commander of the faithful, and she went
[4:00] Speaker 1: in to him and became his favorite. And Shahrazad perceived
[4:05] Speaker 1: the dawn of day and ceased, saying her permitted say
[4:10] Speaker 1: when it was the six hundred and eighty third night,
[4:13] Speaker 1: she pursued it. Hath reached me, O auspicious King, that
[4:18] Speaker 1: men also tell a tale anentt kajimabin Bishar and Ikram Alfuyas.
[4:26] Speaker 1: There lived once in the days of the Caliph Suleiman
[4:29] Speaker 1: bin Abid al Malik, a man of the banu As'ad
[4:34] Speaker 1: by name kuzumabin Bisher, who was famed for bounty and
[4:38] Speaker 1: abundant wealth, and excellence and righteous dealing with his brethren.
[4:43] Speaker 1: He continued thus till times grew straight with him, and
[4:47] Speaker 1: he became in need of the aid of those Moslem
[4:49] Speaker 1: brethren on whom he had lavished favor and kindness. So
[4:54] Speaker 1: they succored him awhile and then grew weary of him,
[4:58] Speaker 1: which when he saw he he went in to his wife,
[5:01] Speaker 1: who was the daughter of his father's brother, and said
[5:04] Speaker 1: to her, O, my cousin, I find a change in
[5:08] Speaker 1: my brethren. Wherefore I am resolved to keep my house
[5:12] Speaker 1: till death come to me. So he shut his door
[5:15] Speaker 1: and abode in his home, living on that which he
[5:18] Speaker 1: had by him till it was spent, and he knew
[5:21] Speaker 1: not what to do now. Ikram al Rabai surnamed al Fuyaz,
[5:27] Speaker 1: governor of Mesopotamia, had known him, and one day, as
[5:31] Speaker 1: he sat in his audience chamber mentioned was made of Kajumah.
[5:36] Speaker 1: Whereupon quoth Ikram, how is it with him? And quoth they,
[5:41] Speaker 1: he is in a plight past telling, and hath shut
[5:44] Speaker 1: his door and keepeth the house. Ikram rejoined, this cometh
[5:50] Speaker 1: but of his excessive generosity. But how is it that
[5:53] Speaker 1: Kuzumah bin Basher findeth nor comforter nor requieter, And they replied,
[5:59] Speaker 1: he hath found naught of this. So, when it was night,
[6:03] Speaker 1: Ikram took four thousand dinars and laid them in one purse. Then,
[6:08] Speaker 1: bidding saddle his beast, he mounted and rode privily to
[6:12] Speaker 1: Kazumah's house, attended only by one of his pages, carrying
[6:17] Speaker 1: the money. When he came to the door, he alighted,
[6:21] Speaker 1: and taking the purse from the page, made him withdraw
[6:24] Speaker 1: afar off, after which he went up to the door
[6:27] Speaker 1: and knocked Kazumah came out to him, and he gave
[6:31] Speaker 1: him the purse, saying, better thy case herewith. He took it, and,
[6:36] Speaker 1: finding it heavy, put it from his hand, and, laying
[6:39] Speaker 1: hold of the bridle of Ikram's horse, asked, who art
[6:43] Speaker 1: thou my soul be thy ransom? Answered Ikram, O man,
[6:49] Speaker 1: I come not to thee at a time like this,
[6:52] Speaker 1: desiring that thou shouldst know me. Kazuma rejoined, I will
[6:57] Speaker 1: not let thee go till thou make thyself known to me.
[7:01] Speaker 1: Whereupon Ikram said, I am hight jaibir atharet al Kiram.
[7:07] Speaker 1: Quoth Kazumah tell me more? But Ikram cried no and
[7:11] Speaker 1: fared forth, Whilst Kazumah went into his cousin and said
[7:16] Speaker 1: to her, rejoice, for Allah hath sent of speedy relief
[7:20] Speaker 1: and wealth. If these be but durhams, yet they are many,
[7:24] Speaker 1: arise and light the lamp, She said, I have not
[7:27] Speaker 1: wherewithal to light it. So he spent the night handling
[7:31] Speaker 1: the coins, and felt by their roughness that they were dinars,
[7:35] Speaker 1: but could not credit it. Meanwhile, Kram returned to his
[7:40] Speaker 1: own house and found that his wife had missed him
[7:43] Speaker 1: and asked for him, and when they told her of
[7:46] Speaker 1: his riding forth, she misdoubted of him and said to him, verily,
[7:51] Speaker 1: the Wali of al Jazirah rideth not abroad after such
[7:55] Speaker 1: an hour of the night, unattended and secretly, save to
[7:59] Speaker 1: a wife or a mistress. He answered, Allah, knoweth that
[8:04] Speaker 1: I went not forth to either of these. Tell me, then,
[8:08] Speaker 1: wherefore thou wentest forth? I went not forth at this hour,
[8:13] Speaker 1: save that none should know it. I must needs be told.
[8:19] Speaker 1: Wilt thou keep the matter secret? If I tell thee yes?
[8:24] Speaker 1: So he told her the state of the case, adding
[8:27] Speaker 1: wilt thou have me swear to thee answered she, no, No,
[8:32] Speaker 1: My heart is set at ease and trusteth in that
[8:35] Speaker 1: which thou hast told me. As for Cozumah, soon as
[8:39] Speaker 1: it was day, he made his peace with his creditors
[8:42] Speaker 1: and set his affairs in order, after which he got
[8:46] Speaker 1: him ready and set out for the court of Suliman
[8:48] Speaker 1: bin Abd al Malik, who was then sojourney in Palestine.
[8:53] Speaker 1: When he came to the royal gate, he sought admission
[8:56] Speaker 1: of the chamberlain, who went in and told the caliph
[8:59] Speaker 1: of his presence. Now he was renowned for his beneficence,
[9:03] Speaker 1: and Suliman knew of him, so he bade admit him.
[9:07] Speaker 1: When he entered, he saluted the Caliph after the usual
[9:11] Speaker 1: fashion of saluting, and the king asked, O, Kajimah, what
[9:15] Speaker 1: hath kept THEE so long from us? Answered he evil case?
[9:21] Speaker 1: And quoth the Caliph, what hindered THEE from having recourse
[9:24] Speaker 1: to us? Quoth he my infirmity, O, Commander of the Faithful?
[9:31] Speaker 1: And why, said Saloman, comest thou to us? Now? Kajuma replied, no, O,
[9:38] Speaker 1: Commander of the Faithful, that I was sitting one night
[9:42] Speaker 1: late in my house when a man knocked at the
[9:45] Speaker 1: door and did thus and thus. And he went on
[9:48] Speaker 1: to tell him of all that had passed between Kram
[9:51] Speaker 1: and himself, from first to last. Selaman asked, knowest thou
[9:57] Speaker 1: the man, and Kajimah answered, no, O, Commander of the Faithful,
[10:02] Speaker 1: He was reserved and would say naught save I am
[10:06] Speaker 1: hight jabir atharat al Kiram. When Suleiman heard this, his
[10:11] Speaker 1: heart burned within him for anxiety to discover the men,
[10:15] Speaker 1: and he said, if we knew him truly, we would
[10:18] Speaker 1: requite him for his generosity. Then he bound for Kazhimah
[10:22] Speaker 1: a banner, and made him governor of Mesopotamia in the
[10:27] Speaker 1: stead of Ikram al Fuyas, And he set out for
[10:30] Speaker 1: al Jazeirah. When he drew near the city, Ikram and
[10:35] Speaker 1: the people of the place came forth to meet him,
[10:38] Speaker 1: and they saluted each other and went on into the town,
[10:42] Speaker 1: where Kazhimah took up his lodging in the government house
[10:45] Speaker 1: and bade take security for Ikram, and that he should
[10:48] Speaker 1: be called to account. So an account was taken against him,
[10:53] Speaker 1: and he was found to be in default for much money,
[10:56] Speaker 1: whereupon Kajima required of him payment, but he said, I
[11:01] Speaker 1: have no means of paying aught. Quoth Kazumah, it must
[11:05] Speaker 1: be paid, and quoth Ikram, I have it not do
[11:09] Speaker 1: what thou hast to do. So Kazumah ordered him to jail,
[11:15] Speaker 1: and Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to
[11:18] Speaker 1: say her permitted say. When it was the six hundred
[11:24] Speaker 1: and eighty fourth night, she said it hath reached me
[11:28] Speaker 1: o auspicious king that Kajimah, having ordered the imprisonment of
[11:33] Speaker 1: Ikram al Fuyas, sent to him again to demand payment
[11:37] Speaker 1: of the debt. But he replied, I am not of
[11:40] Speaker 1: those who preserved their wealth at the expense of their honor.
[11:45] Speaker 1: Do what thou wilt. Then Kazimah bade load him with
[11:49] Speaker 1: irons and kept him in prison a month or more
[11:52] Speaker 1: till confinement began to tell upon him, and he became wasted.
[11:58] Speaker 1: After this, tidings of his plight travel to the daughter
[12:01] Speaker 1: of his uncle, who was troubled with sore concern thereat
[12:06] Speaker 1: and sending for a freed woman of hers, A woman
[12:09] Speaker 1: of abundant judgment and experience, said to her, go forthwith
[12:14] Speaker 1: to the Emir Kuzuma's gate, and say, I have a
[12:18] Speaker 1: counsel for the Emir. If they ask what it is, ad,
[12:22] Speaker 1: I will not tell it save to himself. And when
[12:26] Speaker 1: thou enterest to him, beg to see him in private,
[12:29] Speaker 1: And when private ask him what be this deed thou
[12:33] Speaker 1: hast done? Hath jabir athaat al Kirram deserved of thee
[12:38] Speaker 1: no better reward than to be cast into straight prison
[12:42] Speaker 1: and hard bond of irons. The woman did as she
[12:46] Speaker 1: was bid, and when Kazumah heard her words, he cried
[12:50] Speaker 1: out at the top of his voice, saying, alas the
[12:54] Speaker 1: baseness of it was it, indeed, he and she answered yes.
[12:59] Speaker 1: Then he bade saddle his beast forthwith, and, summoning the
[13:03] Speaker 1: honorable men of the city, repaired with them to the prison, and,
[13:08] Speaker 1: opening the door, went in with them to Ikram, whom
[13:11] Speaker 1: they found sitting in evil case, worn out and wasted
[13:15] Speaker 1: with blows and misery. When he looked at Kajimah, he
[13:19] Speaker 1: was abashed and hung his head, but the other bent
[13:23] Speaker 1: down to him and kissed his face, whereupon he raised
[13:27] Speaker 1: his head and asked, what maketh THEE do? This? Answered Kajimah,
[13:32] Speaker 1: the generosity of thy dealing and the vileness of my requital.
[13:37] Speaker 1: And Ikram said, Allah, pardon us and thee. Then Kazimah
[13:42] Speaker 1: commanded the jailer to strike off Ikram's fetters and clap
[13:46] Speaker 1: them on his own feet. But Ikram said, what is
[13:50] Speaker 1: this Thou wilt do? Quoth the other? I have a
[13:53] Speaker 1: mind to suffer what thou hast suffered, quoth Ikram, I
[13:59] Speaker 1: conjure thee by Allah do not so. Then they went
[14:02] Speaker 1: out together and returned to Kazimah's house, where Kram would
[14:07] Speaker 1: have farewelled him and wended his way, but he forbade
[14:10] Speaker 1: him and Ikram said, what is thy will of me?
[14:15] Speaker 1: Replied Kazimah, I wish to change thy case, for my
[14:19] Speaker 1: shame before the daughter of thine uncle is yet greater
[14:23] Speaker 1: than my shame before thee. So he bade clear the bath, and,
[14:28] Speaker 1: entering with Ikram, served him there in person. And when
[14:32] Speaker 1: they went forth, he bestowed on him a splendid robe
[14:35] Speaker 1: of honor, and mounted him and gave him much money.
[14:39] Speaker 1: Then he carried him to his house and asked his
[14:42] Speaker 1: leave to make his excuses to his wife, and obtained
[14:46] Speaker 1: her pardon. After this he besought him to accompany him
[14:50] Speaker 1: to the Caliph, who was then abiding at Ramlah, and
[14:53] Speaker 1: he agreed. So they journeyed thither, and when they reached
[14:57] Speaker 1: the royal quarters, the chamberlain went in and and acquainted
[15:00] Speaker 1: the Caliph, Suliman bin Abd al Malik. With Kazuma's arrival,
[15:04] Speaker 1: whereat he was troubled and said, what is the governor
[15:08] Speaker 1: of Mesopotamia come without our command? This can be only
[15:13] Speaker 1: on some grave occasion. Then he bade admit him, and said,
[15:17] Speaker 1: before saluting him, what is behind thee O? Kazumah replied,
[15:22] Speaker 1: he good, O, commander of the faithful asked Solomon, what
[15:28] Speaker 1: bringeth thee? And he answered, saying, I have discovered jabir
[15:33] Speaker 1: athaat al Kiram, and thought to gladden thee with him,
[15:37] Speaker 1: knowing thine excessive desire to know him, and thy longing
[15:41] Speaker 1: to see him. Who is he? Quoth the Caliph, and
[15:45] Speaker 1: quoth Cozumah, He is Ikram al Fuyaz. So Solomon called
[15:50] Speaker 1: for Ikram, who approached and saluted him as caliph. And
[15:54] Speaker 1: the king welcomed him, and making him draw near his
[15:57] Speaker 1: sitting place, said to him, O, Kram, thy good deed
[16:02] Speaker 1: to him, hath brought thee naught but evil, adding, now
[16:06] Speaker 1: write down and anne thy needs each and every and
[16:10] Speaker 1: that which thou desirest. He did so, and the Caliph
[16:14] Speaker 1: commanded to do all that he required, and that forthwith
[16:18] Speaker 1: Moreover he gave him ten thousand dinars more than he
[16:22] Speaker 1: asked for, and twenty chests of clothes over and above
[16:26] Speaker 1: that he sought, and, calling for a spear, bound him
[16:29] Speaker 1: a banner, and made him governor over Armenia and Azarbijan
[16:34] Speaker 1: and Mesopotamia, saying, Kazuma's case is in thy hands, and
[16:40] Speaker 1: thou wilt continue him in his office. And if thou
[16:43] Speaker 1: wilt degrade him, and Kram said, nay, but I restore
[16:48] Speaker 1: him to his office O commander of the faithful. Then
[16:52] Speaker 1: they went out from him and ceased not to be
[16:55] Speaker 1: governors under Saloman bin Abd al Malik all the days
[16:59] Speaker 1: of his caliphate. And they also tell a tale of
[17:04] Speaker 1: Eunus de Scribe and the Caliph Walid beIN sal there
[17:08] Speaker 1: lived in the reign of the Caliph Hiham, son of
[17:12] Speaker 1: Abid al Malik, a man called Eunus the Scribe, well
[17:16] Speaker 1: known to the general, and he set out one day
[17:19] Speaker 1: on a journey to Damascus, having with him a slave
[17:23] Speaker 1: girl of surpassing beauty and loveliness, whom he had taught
[17:27] Speaker 1: all that was needful to her, and whose price was
[17:30] Speaker 1: a hundred thousand dirhams. When they drew near to Damascus,
[17:35] Speaker 1: the caravan halted by the side of a lake, and
[17:38] Speaker 1: Eunus went down to a quiet place with his damsel
[17:42] Speaker 1: and took out some victual he had with him and
[17:44] Speaker 1: a leather bottle of wine. As he sat at meat
[17:48] Speaker 1: to behold, came up a young man of goodly favor
[17:52] Speaker 1: and dignified presence, mounted on a sorrel horse, and followed
[17:56] Speaker 1: by two eunuchs, and said to him what they'll accept
[18:00] Speaker 1: me to guess? Yes, replied Eunus. So the stranger alighted
[18:05] Speaker 1: and said, give me to drink of thy wine. Unus
[18:08] Speaker 1: gave him to drink, and he said, if it pleased thee,
[18:12] Speaker 1: sing us a song. So Eunus sang this couplet extempore.
[18:17] Speaker 1: She joineth charms were never seen conjoined in mortal dress,
[18:23] Speaker 1: and for her love she makes me love my tears
[18:26] Speaker 1: and wakefulness, at which the stranger rejoiced with exceeding joy.
[18:32] Speaker 1: And Unus gave him to drink again and again till
[18:36] Speaker 1: the wine got the better of him, and he said,
[18:38] Speaker 1: bid thy slave girls sing. So she improvised this couplet
[18:45] Speaker 1: a hurry by whose charms my heart is moved to
[18:48] Speaker 1: sore distress, nor wand of tree, nor sun nor moon
[18:53] Speaker 1: her rivals, I confess. The stranger was overjoyed with this,
[18:58] Speaker 1: and they sat drinking till nightfall, when they pray the
[19:02] Speaker 1: evening prayer, and the youth said to Eunus, what bringeth
[19:06] Speaker 1: thee to our city? He replied, quest of wherewithal to
[19:11] Speaker 1: pay my debts? And better my case, quoth the other,
[19:15] Speaker 1: wilt thou sell me this slave girl for thirty thousand dirhams,
[19:19] Speaker 1: where too, quoth Eunus, I must have more than that.
[19:23] Speaker 1: He asked, will forty thousand content THEE? But Eunus answered,
[19:28] Speaker 1: thou would only settle my debts, and I should remain
[19:31] Speaker 1: empty handed. Rejoined the stranger. We will take her of
[19:36] Speaker 1: THEE of fifty thousand dirhams, and give THEE a suit
[19:39] Speaker 1: of clothes to boot, and the expenses of thy journey,
[19:43] Speaker 1: and make THEE a sharer in my condition, as long
[19:46] Speaker 1: as thou livest, cried Yunus, I sell her to THEE
[19:51] Speaker 1: on these terms, then said the young man, Wilt thou
[19:55] Speaker 1: trust me to bring THEE the money tomorrow and let
[19:58] Speaker 1: me take her with me, Or shall she abide with
[20:01] Speaker 1: THEE till I pay down her price? Where to wine
[20:05] Speaker 1: and shame in awe of the stranger led Eunus to reply,
[20:10] Speaker 1: I will trust THEE take her, and Allah bless THEE
[20:13] Speaker 1: in her. Whereupon the visitor bade one of his pages
[20:17] Speaker 1: sit her before him on his beast, and mounting his
[20:20] Speaker 1: own horse, farewelled of Eunus, and rode away out of sight.
[20:25] Speaker 1: Hardly had he left him when the cellar bethought himself,
[20:29] Speaker 1: and knew that he had erred in selling her, and
[20:32] Speaker 1: said to himself, what have I done? I have delivered
[20:36] Speaker 1: my slave girl to a man with whom I am unacquainted,
[20:41] Speaker 1: neither know I who he is, and grant that I
[20:44] Speaker 1: were acquainted with him, how am I to get at him?
[20:48] Speaker 1: So he abode in thought till the morning, when he
[20:51] Speaker 1: prayed the dawned prayers, and his companions entered Damascus, whilst
[20:56] Speaker 1: he sat perplexed and wotting not what to do, till
[21:00] Speaker 1: the sun scorched him, and it irked him to abide there.
[21:05] Speaker 1: He thought to enter the city, but said, in his mind,
[21:08] Speaker 1: if I entered Damascus, I cannot be sure but that
[21:12] Speaker 1: the messenger will come and find me not, in which
[21:15] Speaker 1: case I shall have sinned against myself a second sin. Accordingly,
[21:21] Speaker 1: he sat down in the shade of a wall that
[21:23] Speaker 1: was there, and towards the wane of day, up came
[21:27] Speaker 1: one of the eunuchs whom he had seen with the
[21:29] Speaker 1: young man. Whereat great joy possessed Eunus, and he said
[21:34] Speaker 1: to himself, I know not that aught hath ever given
[21:37] Speaker 1: me more delight than the sight of this Costrato. When
[21:41] Speaker 1: the eunuch reached him, he said to him, O, my lord,
[21:45] Speaker 1: we have kept thee long waiting. But Eunus disclosed nothing
[21:49] Speaker 1: to him of the torments of anxiety he had suffered. Then,
[21:54] Speaker 1: quoth the Costrato knowest thou the man who bought the
[21:57] Speaker 1: girl of thee? And quoth Unus know to which the
[22:01] Speaker 1: other rejoined? Twas Walid bin sal the heir apparent, and
[22:06] Speaker 1: Eunus was silent. Then said the Eunuch ride, and made
[22:10] Speaker 1: him mount a horse he had with him, and they
[22:13] Speaker 1: rode till they came to a mansion, where they dismounted
[22:17] Speaker 1: and entered. Here Eunus found the damsel, who sprang up
[22:21] Speaker 1: at his sight and saluted him. He asked her how
[22:24] Speaker 1: she had fared with him, who had bought her, and
[22:27] Speaker 1: she answered, he lodged me in this apartment and ordered
[22:31] Speaker 1: me all I needed. Then he sat with her awhile
[22:35] Speaker 1: till suddenly one of the servants of the house owner
[22:38] Speaker 1: came in and bade him rise and follow him. So
[22:42] Speaker 1: he followed the man into the presence of his master,
[22:45] Speaker 1: and found him yesternight's guest, whom he saw seated on
[22:49] Speaker 1: his couch, and who said to him, who art thou
[22:54] Speaker 1: I am Eunus the scribe. Welcome to THEE, O Yunus,
[22:58] Speaker 1: by Allah, I have long wish to look on THEE,
[23:01] Speaker 1: for I have heard of thy report. How didst Thou
[23:04] Speaker 1: pass the night? Well, May Almighty Allah advance THEE peradventure.
[23:11] Speaker 1: Thou repentedest THEE of that thou didst yesterday, and saidst
[23:15] Speaker 1: to thyself, I have delivered my slave girl to a
[23:19] Speaker 1: man with whom I am not acquainted. Neither know I
[23:22] Speaker 1: his name, nor whence he cometh. Allah forbid o Emir,
[23:27] Speaker 1: that I should repent over her. Had I made gift
[23:31] Speaker 1: of her to the Prince, she were the least of
[23:33] Speaker 1: the gifts that are given unto him. And Shahrazad perceived
[23:38] Speaker 1: the dawn of day and ceased, saying her permitted say
[23:44] Speaker 1: end of Section sixteen. Recording by Pam Castile

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