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From whom, then, dost thou veil thy face?" She answered, "This

whom thou deemest an ape is a young man, a clever and polite, a

wise and learned and the son of a King; but he is ensorcelled and

the Ifrit Jirjaris, who is of the seed of Iblis, cast a spell

upon him, after putting to death his own wife the daughter of

King Ifitamus lord of the Islands of Abnus." The King marvelled

at his daughter's words and, turning to me, said, "Is this true

that she saith of thee?"; and I signed by a nod of my head the

answer, "Yea, verily;" and wept sore.