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"Such is my custom," he answered: "they put me a dinar weight of

musk in every honey fritter and half that quantity of ambergris."

All this time my brother kept wagging head and jaws till the

master cried, "Enough of this. Bring us the dessert!" Then said

he to him,' "Eat of these almonds and walnuts and raisins; and of

this and that (naming divers kinds of dried fruits), and be not

abashed." But my brother replied, "O my lord, indeed I am full: I

can eat no more." "O my guest," repeated the host, "if thou have

a mind to these good things eat: Allah!