Page:Stories from the Arabian nights 1907 - Houseman - Dulac.djvu/36

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THE FISHERMAN

to the soles of his feet, while from the waist upwards he was as other men. Then as he observed upon his visitor's countenance the expression of a lively curiosity and astonishment, "Doubtless," he went on, "as you now know the secret of my miserable condition you will wish also to hear my story." And he related it as follows:—

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