The Story of the GULNARE of the Sea (19)

The Story of the GULNARE of the Sea (19)

  And when her brother heard her words, he said : " Praise be to God who has reunited us ! But it is my desire, O my sister, that thou wouldst arise and go with us to our country and our family. "

  So when the King heard the words of her brother, his reason fled in consequence of his fear lest the damsel shouldaccept the proposal of her kindred, and he could not prevent her, though he was inflamed with love of her ; wherefore he became perplexed in violent fear of her separation.

  But as to the damsel Gulnare, on hearing the words of her brother she said : " By Allah, O my brother, the man who purchased me is the king of this city, and he is a great King, and a man of wisdom, generous, of the utmost liberality. He has treated me with honour, and he is a person of kindness, and of great wealth, but has no male child nor a female. "

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