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As soon as it was dusk, the slave girl came to him and carried

him to the house, and when the lady saw him she said to him, "By

Allah, O my lord, I have been longing exceedingly for thee." "By

Allah," cried he, "kiss me quick before thou give me aught

else."[FN#642] Hardly had he spoken, when the lady's husband came

in from the next room[FN#643] and seized him, saying, "By Allah,

I will not let thee go, till I deliver thee to the chief of the

town watch." My brother humbled himself to him; but he would not

listen to him and carried him before the Prefect who gave him an

hundred lashes with a whip and, mounting him on a camel,

promenaded him round about the city, whilst the guards proclaimed

aloud, "This is his reward who violateth the Harims of honourable

men!" Moreover, he fell off the camel and broke his leg and so

became lame.