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| | Nights 9-18. The Story of the Porter and the Ladies of Baghdad, and of the Three Royal Mendicants, Etc. 1909-14. ... |
 | | Upon this she rejoiced, and having gone again to the door, brought in the three men blind of one eye and with shaven chins, and they had thin and twisted mustaches. |
 | | The Khalifeh, therefore, entered, with Jafar and Mesrur; and when the ladies saw them, they rose to them, and served them, saying, Welcome are our guests; but we have a condition to impose upon you, that ye speak not of that which doth not concern you, lest ye hear that which will not please you. |
 | | They answered, Good:and when they had sat down to drink, the Khalifeh looked at the three mendicants, and was surprised at observing that each of them was blind of the left eye; and he gazed upon the ladies, and was perplexed and amazed at their fairness and beauty. |
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