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I blame thee not, for it was out of thy power to prevent this:

the doom of Allah was on thee as well as on us and thanks be to

the Almighty for that my daughter delivered thee, albeit thereby

she lost her own life! Go forth now, O my son, from this my city,

and suffice thee what hath befallen us through thee, even

although 'twas decreed for us. Go forth in peace; and if I ever

see thee again I will surely slay thee." And he cried out at me.

So I went forth from his presence, O my lady, weeping bitterly

and hardly believing in my escape and knowing not whither I

should wend. And I recalled all that had befallen me, my meeting

the tailor, my love for the damsel in the palace beneath the

earth, and my narrow escape from the Ifrit, even after he had

determined to do me die; and how I had entered the city as an ape

and was now leaving it a man once more.