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When I saw my wife, my cousin, the daughter of my uncle, do this

deed[FN#124] I clean lost my wits, and climbing down from the

roof, I entered and took the sword which she had with her and

drew it, determined to cut down the twain. I first struck at the

slave's neck and thought that the death decree had fallen on

him:"And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say

her permitted say.

When it was the Eighth Night,