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And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her

permitted say: then quoth Dunyazad, "O my sister, how pleasant is

thy tale, and how tasteful; how sweet, and how grateful!" She

replied, "And where is this compared with what I could tell thee

this coming night, if I live and the King spare me?" Said the

King in himself, "By Allah, I will not slay her until I hear the

rest of her story, for truly it is wondrous." They rested that

night in mutual embrace until dawn: then the King went forth to

his Darbar; the Wazirs and troops came in and the audience hall

was crowded; so the King gave orders and judged and appointed and

deposed and bade and forbade the rest of that day, when the court

broke up, and King Shahryar entered his palace,

When it was the Sixth Night,