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288 And his eyes ran over with tears and he repeated these verses also:

Then he sang the following:

Taj el Mulouk was pleased with his verses and wondered at his eloquence and the excellence of his recitation, saying, ‘Indeed thou hast done away from me somewhat of my concern.’ Then said the Vizier, ‘Of a truth there occurred to those of times past what astounds those who hear it.’ ‘If thou canst recall any fine verse of this kind,’ quoth the prince, ‘I prithee let us hear it and keep the talk in vogue.’ So the Vizier chanted the following verses:

Meanwhile the old woman remained shut up in her house,