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A TALE OF ARABIA
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for his many slight wounds smarted with the healing balsam, and his heart was heavy and discontented.
Then Zehowah called a slave woman to fan him with a palm leaf, and presently she brought him meat and rice and dates to eat, and cool drink in a golden cup, and she sat at his feet while he refreshed himself.
'How many did you slay with your own hand?' she asked at last, taking up the good sword which lay beside him on the carpet.
