The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 3: With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Nights of Moslem and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of the Nights Hrazad continued, It hath reached me, O auspicious King pursued to Taj al-muluk - Then I entered the ¿ower-g. Made for the pavilion, where I found the daughter of Da Wily One, Sitting with head on knee and hand to Cheek. Ur was Changed and her eyes were sunken but, when shi she exclaimed, Praised be Allah for thy safety! An, minded to rise but fell down for joy. Iwas abashed I and hung my head presently, however, I went up to he: ed her and asked, How knewest thou that I should cor this very night She answered, I knew it not By 14 whole year past I have not tasted the taste of sleep, but Ched through every night, expecting thee and such hath case since the day thou wentest out from me and I gave new suit of Clothes, and thou promisedst me to go t( mmam and to come back SO I sat awaiting thee that nigh acond night and a third night, but thou camest not till great delay, and I ever expecting thy coming, for this is l< 7. And now I would have thee tell me what hath bee) se of thine absence from me the past year long? SO 1 And when She knew that I was married, her colour I) low, and I added, I have come to thee this night but I re thee before day. Quoth she, Doth it not suffice her tricked thee into marrying her and kept thee prisoner wit hole year, but she must also make thee swear by the 03 arce, that thou wilt return to her on the same night I rhing, and not allow thee to divert thyself with thy moth nor suffer thee to pass one night with either of us, away How then must it be with one from whom thou hast ent a full year, and I knew thee before she did? But e mercy on thy cousin Azizah, for there bofel her what 31 any and she bore what none other ever bore and She Clll ill-usage yet 'twas she who protected thee against me. Ir tought thou didst love me, so I let thee take thine own had I not suffered thee to go safe in a sound skin, when 1 my power to Clap thee in jail and even to slay thee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.