Thegrandvizier, overjoyedtohearthecaliphputthematteruponthatfooting, verywillinglyownedthefaultshereproachedhimwith, andfreelyconfessedhewastoblameinnotgivingScheichIbrahimafewpiecesofgold."Sincethecaseisso," addedthecaliph, "itisjustthatthoushouldstbepunishedforthymistakes, butthypunishmentshallbelight: thoushaltspendtheremainderofthenightasImeantodo, withthesehonestpeople, whosecompanyIshallbewellpleasedwith; andwhileIamputtingonacitizen'shabit, gothouanddisguisethyselfwithMesrour, andcomebothofyoualongwithme."
Thevizierwouldhavepersuadedhimitwaslate, andthatallthecompanywouldbegonebeforehecouldgetthither: , whoknewthatnotasyllableofwhathehadsaidwastrue, begantobeingreatconsternation; buttherewasnoreplytobemade, andgohemust.
Thecaliphthen, disguisedlikeacitizen, withthegrandvizierJaaffierandMesrour, chiefoftheeunuchs, ; thedoor, throughthecarelessnessofScheichIbrahim, wasopen, ."Jaaffier," saidhetothegrandvizier, "whatexcusehaveyouforthedoor'sbeingopenatthisunseasonablehour?" "IsitpossiblethatScheichIbrahimmakesacustomofleavingitthusallnight? Iratherbelievethehurryofthefeasthasbeentheoccasionofthisneglect."
Thecaliphwentintothegarden; andwhenhecametothepavilion, resolvingnottogointothehalltillheknewwhatwasdoing, consultedwiththegrandvizierwhetheritwasnothisbestwaytoclimbupintooneofthetreesthatwasnear, , perceiveditstoodhalfopen, , whenhewasprevailedupontocomeinandbearNooradDeenandthefairPersiancompany.
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