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Then, casting the scourge from her hand, she pressed the bitch to

her bosom and, wiping away her tears with her hands, kissed her

head. Then she said to the Porter, "Take her away and bring the

second;" and, when he brought her, she did with her as she had

done with the first. Now the heart of the Caliph, was touched at

these cruel doings; his chest straitened and he lost all patience

in his desire to know why the two bitches were so beaten.