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I buried him and had perlections of the Koran made for him, and

mourned for him days and nights: then I opened his shop and found

that he had left in it few goods, while his debts were many.

However I compounded with his creditors for time to settle their

demands and betook myself to buying and selling, paying them

something from week to week on account; and I gave not over doing

this till I had cleared off his obligations in full and began

adding to my principal. One day, as I sat in my shop, suddenly

and unexpectedly there appeared before me a young lady, than whom

I never saw a fairer, wearing the richest raiment and ornaments

and riding a she mule, with one negro slave walking before her

and another behind her.