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She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when the

old woman said to the Barber's second brother, "Doff thy

clothes," he rose, well nigh lost in ecstasy; and, stripping off

his raiment, showed himself mother naked. Whereupon the lady

stripped also and said to my brother, "If thou want anything run

after me till thou catch me." Then she set out at a run and he

ran after her while she rushed into room after room and rushed

out of room after room, my brother scampering after her in a rage

of desire like a veritable madman, with yard standing terribly

tall. After much of this kind she dashed into a darkened place,

and he dashed after her; but suddenly he trod upon a yielding

spot, which gave way under his weight; and, before he was aware

where he was, he found himself in the midst of a crowded market,

part of the bazar of the leather sellers who were crying the

prices of skins and hides and buying and selling.