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150 "Allâh pardon both thee and the girl!" said I. "But journey with me to my house, that I may bestow her upon thee, together with a hundred dinârs, which sum thou shalt receive every year."

But he answered, "I do not want it." And though I pressed it upon him, he would not have it. Then said to him, "If thou refusest this, at least tell me which she is amongst the slave-girls, that while I live I may deal kindly with her for thy sake."

But he replied, "I will not name her to any one," and took leave of me and departed.

And that was the last I ever saw of him.