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229 spirits.’ So she took the lute and changing the mode, played a third air; then she returned to the first and sang the following verses:

The kings and all those who were present rejoiced in this with an exceeding delight and the accursed Iblis came up to Tuhfeh and kissing her hand, said to her, ‘There abideth but little of the night; so do thou tarry with us till the morrow, when we will apply ourselves to the wedding and the circumcision.’ Then all the Jinn went away, whereupon Tuhfeh rose to her feet and Iblis said, ‘Go ye up with Tuhfeh to the garden for the rest of the night.’ So Kemeriyeh took her and carried her