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equired, and lodging them in his palace at Baghdad. He returned the
beaten lady to his son, Al-Amin, renewing the marriage-contract between
them and gave her great wealth and bade rebuild the house fairer
than it was before. As for himself he took to wife the procuratrix and
lay with her that night: and next day he set apart for her an apartment
in his Serraglio, with handmaidens for her service and a fixed daily
allowance. And the people marvelled at their Caliph’s generosity and
natural beneficence and princely wisdom; nor did he forget to send all
these histories to be recorded in his annals.
When Shahrazad ceased speaking Dunyazad exclaimed, “O my
own sister, by Allah in very sooth this is a right pleasant tale and a
delectable; never was heard the like of it, but prithee tell me now
another story to while away what yet remaineth of the waking hours of
this our night.” She replied, “With love and gladness if the King give
me leave;” and he said, “Tell thy tale and tell it quickly.” So she began,
in these words, the Tale of the Three Apples.
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The rest of Volume 1 is here omitted.
The following Conclusion is taken from Volume 10.
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