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[FN#481] Thou art the son of my brother, and I did all this with

thee to certify myself that thou wast indeed he who went in unto

my daughter that night. I could not be sure of this, till I saw

that thou knewest the chamber and thy turband and thy trousers

and thy gold and the papers in thy writing and in that of thy

father, my brother; for I had never seen thee afore that and knew

thee not; and as to thy mother I have prevailed upon her to come

with me from Bassorah." So saying, he threw himself on his

nephew's breast and wept for joy; and Badr al-Din Hasan, hearing

these words from his uncle, marvelled with exceeding marvel and

fell on his neck and also shed tears for excess of delight. Then

said the Wazir to him, "O my son, the sole cause of all this is

what passed between me and thy sire;" and he told him the manner

of his father wayfaring to Bassorah and all that had occurred to

part them.