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Perforce I must suspect that thou speakest on this wise from mere

envy and jealousy as they relate of the King Sindibad."-And

Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day, and ceased saying her

permitted say. Then quoth Dunyazad, "O my sister, how pleasant is

thy tale, and how tasteful, how sweet, and how grateful!" She

replied, "And where is this compared with what I could tell thee

on the coming night if the King deign spare my life?" Then said

the King in himself, "By Allah, I will not slay her until I hear

the rest of her tale, for truly it is wondrous." So they rested

that night in mutual embrace until the dawn. Then the King went

forth to his Hall of Rule, and the Wazir and the troops came in,

and the audience chamber was thronged and the King gave orders

and judged and appointed and deposed and bade and forbade during

the rest of that day till the Court broke up, and King Shahryar

returned to his palace.

When It Was The Fifth Night,