said he, “be not displeased at my proceedings against you; they arose from my paternal love, and therefore you ought to forgive the excesses to which it hurried me.” “Sire,” replied Aladdin, “I have not the least reason to complain of your conduct, since you did nothing but what your duty required. This infamous magician, the basest of men, was the sole cause of my misfortune.”
Thus was Aladdin delivered from the persecution of the wicked magician. When a few years afterward, the sultan died in a good old age, the Princess Buddir al Buddoor succeeded him, and she and Aladdin reigned together many years, and left a numerous and illustrious posterity.
Day not yet having come, Dinarzade begged for another story, and the Sultan signifying his consent, Scheherazade, after a short space for thought, began as follows:
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