were no sooner out of his mouth, than the genie transported him into Africa, to the midst of a large plain, where his palace stood, at no great distance from a city, and placing him exactly under the window of the princess’s apartment, left him.
But at this instant the sun rose, upon which the sultaness stopped her story. The sultan got up immediately, but before leaving the apartment he said to his consort:
“Let me hear the rest of this strange adventure of Aladdin and the Lamp to-morrow night.”
Accordingly, long before the dawn, Scheherazade began again:
Aladdin had stood there but a moment when one of the attendants of the Princess Buddir al Buddoor, looking through the window, perceived him and instantly told her mistress. The princess, who could not believe the joyful tidings, hastened to the window, and seeing Aladdin, immediately opened it. The noise of opening the window made Aladdin look up, and seeing the princess, he saluted her with an air that expressed his joy. “To lose no time,” said she to him, “I have sent to have the private door opened for you; enter and come up.”
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