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She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that the

Barber's fifth brother proceeded:-"Then I bend down my head and

continue acting after this fashion till her parading and

displaying are completed. Thereupon I order one of my eunuchs to

bring me a bag of five hundred dinars which I give as largesse to

the tire women present and bid them one and all lead me to the

bride chamber. When they leave me alone with her I neither look

at her nor speak to her, but lie[FN#667] by her side with my face

to the wall showing my contempt, that each and every may again

remark how high and haughty I am.