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 from her chamber, and I know not whither she went. But it is possible that having been made mad by that sorcerer, in her madness she went to the market to seek him. For nothing seems to her lovely but that man and his words."

1oo. Having spoken thus, he began to moan and say, "Woe to me, wife, and woe to thee also! For too soon have I been deprived of thee! Woe to me, most beloved, for thou art better than my whole kindred. For I had neither a son nor a daughter from thee that I could enjoy them. Thou hast not even lived with me a year, and an envious eye has torn thee from me. Had the power of death taken thee away, I should have counted myself a king and leader! But that I should suffer this at the hand of a stranger! And, possibly, he is a slave, who ran away to my harm and to that of my most unhappy soul. But let nothing come in my way till I have destroyed him and avenged this night. And let King Misdai not (again) find pleasure in me unless he gives me revenge in the head of the stranger and in the commander Sifôr, who became her cause of destruction. For through him he came here and stays with him. And many go in and out there whom he teaches a new doctrine by saying that none can live unless he frees himself from all his possessions and like himself becomes an abstainer. And he endeavors to get many friends.

101. As Charis was considering this, it became day. And having passed the night waking, he put