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 can esteem and admire you no less than does his father.” Then turning to his son he added, “You, my son, will not refuse the wife I offer; for, in marrying Morgiana, you take to wife the preserver and benefactor of yourself and family.”

The son, far from shewing any dislike, readily and joyfully accepted his proposed bride, having long entertained an affection for the good slave Morgiana.

Having rejoiced in their deliverace, they buried the captain that night with great privacy, in the trench, along with his troop of robbers; and a few days afterwards., [sic] Ali Baba celebrated the marriage of his son and Morgiana with a sumptuous entertainment; and every one who knew Morgiana, said she was worthy of her good fortune, and highly commended her master’s generosity toward her.

During a twelvemonth Ali Baba forbore to go near the forest, but at length his curiosity incited him to make another journey. When he came to the cave, he saw no footsteps of either men or horses; and having said, Open, Sesame, he went in, and judged by the state of things deposited in the cavern, that no one had been there