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Then they bear her off to the bride chamber,[FN#665] and I arise

and change my clothes for a far finer suit; and, when they bring

in the bride a second time, I deign not to throw her a look till

they have begged me many times; after which I glance at her out

of the corner of one eye, and then bend down my head. I continue

acting after this fashion till the parading and displaying are

completed[FN#666]"-And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and

ceased saying her permitted say.

When It was the Thirty-third Night,