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It is her wont, when she is in her cups, to let no one have her

until she put off her dress and trousers and remain stark

naked.[FN#647] Then she will bid thee doff thy clothes and run;

and she will run before thee as if she were flying from thee; and

do thou follow her from place to place till thy prickle stands at

fullest point, when she will yield to thee;"[FN#648] adding,

"Strip off thy clothes at once." So he rose, well nigh lost in

ecstasy and, doffing his raiment, showed himself mother

naked.-And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say

her permitted say.

When it was the Thirty-second Night,