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Thy father was delighted and cried out to the servant, 'Give him

an hundred and three gold pieces with a robe of honour!' The man

obeyed his orders, and I awaited an auspicious moment, when I

blooded him; and he did not baulk me; nay he thanked me and I was

also thanked and praised by all present. When the blood-letting

was over I had no power to keep silence and asked him, 'By Allah,

O my lord, what made thee say to the servant, Give him an hundred

and three dinars?'; and he answered, 'One dinar was for the

astrological observation, another for thy pleasant conversation,

the third for the phlebotomisation, and the remaining hundred and

the dress were for thy verses in my commendation.'" "May Allah

show small mercy to my father," exclaimed I, "for knowing the

like of thee." He laughed and ejaculated, "There is no god but

the God and Mohammed is the Apostle of God! Glory to Him that

changeth and is changed not!