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At first she was affrighted at him; then she made mockery of him

and, laughing till she fell upon her back, said, "O my lord, thou

hast indeed won my heart by thy good nature!" Then she conjured

him, by her life, to stand up and dance, and he arose, and

capered about, and there was not a cushion in the house but she

threw it at his head, and in like manner did all her women who

also kept pelting him with oranges and lemons and citrons till he

fell down senseless from the cuffing on the nape of the neck, the

pillowing and the fruit pelting. "Now thou hast attained thy

wish," said the old woman when he came round; "there are no more

blows in store for thee and there remaineth but one little thing

to do.