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But I will avenge myself upon thee with my own hand!" So he

snatched up a heavy hammer and set upon him and smote him full on

the breast and he fell down. Then he examined him and, finding

that he was dead, cried out in horror, thinking that he had

killed him, and said, "There is no Majesty and there is no Might

save in Allah, the Glorious, the Great!" And he feared for his

life, and added "Allah curse the oil and the meat and the grease

and the sheep's tails to boot! How hath fate given this man his

quietus at my hand!" Then he looked at the body and seeing it was

that of a Gobbo, said, "Was it not enough for thee to be a

hunchback,[FN#501] but thou must likewise be a thief and prig

flesh and fat!