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But I will not call thee to account for thine ignorance, as thou

art so little of wit and inconsequential and addicted to

hastiness!" Said I to him, "Doth not what thou hast brought upon

me suffice thee, but thou must run after me and talk me such talk

in the bazar streets?" And I well nigh gave up the ghost for

excess of rage against him. Then I took refuge in the shop of a

weaver amiddlemost of the market and sought protection of the

owner who drove the Barber away; and, sitting in the back

room,[FN#630] I said to myself, "If I return home I shall never

be able to get rid of this curse of a Barber, who will be with me

night and day; and I cannot endure the sight of him even for a

breathing space." So I sent out at once for witnesses and made a

will, dividing the greater part of my property among my people,

and appointed a guardian over them, to whom I committed the

charge of great and small, directing him to sell my houses and

domains.