TheoldwomancontinuedherdiscoursetoBackbarahthus: "Youhaveonlyonethingmoretodo, , whenshehasdrunkalittle, asyouseeshehasdoneto-day, toletnoonethatshelovescomenearher, excepttheybestrippedtotheirshirt; andwhentheyhavedoneso, shetakesalittleadvantageofthemandbeginsrunningbeforethemthroughthegallery, andfromchambertochamber, : whatadvantagesoevershetakesofyou, consideringyournimbleness, youwillsoonovertakeher; stripyourselfthentoyourshirt, undressyourselfwithoutceremony."
; andinthemeantimetheyoungladywasstrippedtohershiftanddrawers, , theyoungladytooktheadvantageoftwentypaces, andthenbegantorunwithsurprisingswiftness: mybrotherfollowedasfastashecould, , insteadoflosingground, gaineduponmybrother: shemadehimruntwoorthreetimesroundthegallery, andthenenteringalongdarkpassage, , whostillfollowed, havinglostsightofherinthepassage, wasobligedtoslackenhispace, becauseofthedarknessoftheplace: atlastperceivingalight, herantowardsit, andwentoutatadoor, , andtheywerenolesssurprisedtoseehiminhisshirt, hiseyespaintedred, andwithoutbeardormoustaches: theybegantoclaptheirhandsandshoutathim, , andcarriedhimthroughthetownexposedtothelaughterofthepeople.
Tocompletehismisfortune, ashewentbythejudge'shouse, , thattheysawhimcomeinthatconditionfromthegateoftheapartmentsofthegrandvizier'swomen, whichopenedintotheirstreet; uponwhichthejudgeorderedunfortunateBackbarahtohaveahundredblowswithacaneonthesolesofhisfeet, andsenthimoutofthetownwithordersnevertoreturn.
"Thus, commanderofthefaithful," saidItothecaliph, "Ihavegivenanaccountoftheadventureofmysecondbrother, whodidnotknowthatourgreatestladiesdivertthemselvessometimesbyputtingsuchtricksuponyoungpeople, whoaresofoolishastobecaughtinthesnare."
Thebarber, withoutbreakingoff, toldthestoryofhisthirdbrotherinthefollowingmanner.
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