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Then I set out on my travels that I might be free of this

pimp;[FN#631] and I came to settle in your town where I have

lived some time. When you invited me and I came hither, the first

thing I saw was this accursed pander seated in the place of

honour. How then can my heart be glad and my stay be pleasant in

company with this fellow who brought all this upon me, and who

was the cause of the breaking of my leg and of my exile from home

and native land. And the youth refused to sit down and went away.

When we heard his story (continued the Tailor) we were amazed

beyond measure and amused and said to the Barber, "By Allah, is

it true what this young man saith of thee?" "By Allah," replied

he, "I dealt thus by him of my courtesy and sound sense and

generosity. Had it not been for me he had perished and none but I

was the cause of his escape. Well it was for him that he suffered

in his leg and not in his life!