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By Allah, we must avenge this woman on her murderer and he shall

be made die the worst of deaths!" And presently he added, " Now,

as surely as we are descended from the Sons of Abbas, [FN#355] if

thou bring us not him who slew her, that we do her justice on

him, I will hang thee at the gate of my palace, thee and forty of

thy kith and kin by thy side." And the: Caliph was wroth with

exceeding rage. Quoth Ja'afar, "Grant me three days' delay;" and

quoth the Caliph, "We grant thee this." So Ja'afar went out from

before him and returned to his own house, full of sorrow and

saying to himself, "How shall I find him who murdered this

damsel, that I may bring him before the Caliph?