The Sultan Directed His Vizier to Have Her Brought
Before Him
sultan’s promise expired, the mother of Aladdin went to the palace, and stood in the same place in the divan. The sultan knew her again, and directed his vizier to have her brought before him.
After having prostrated herself, she made answer, in reply to the sultan: “Sire, I come at the end of three months to ask of you the fulfillment of the promise you made to my son.” The sultan who had no mind to marry his daughter
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