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When she had finished, Uns el Wujoud kissed her, more than a hundred times, and recited the following verses:

Then they went forth and distributed to the folk alms and largesse of money and raiment and so forth; after which Rose-in-bud bade empty the bath for her and turning to Uns el Wujoud, said to him, ‘O solace of my eyes, I have a mind to see thee in the bath; and we will be alone together therein.’ He gladly consented to this, and she bade perfume the bath for them with all manner of scented woods and essences and light the candles.