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Then the two kings entered the bath, and when they came forth, they sat down on a couch, inlaid with pearls and jewels, whereupon the two sisters came up to them and stood before them, as they were moons, swaying gracefully from side to side in their beauty and grace. Presently they brought forward Shehrzad and displayed her, for the first dress, in a red suit; whereupon King Shehriyar rose to look upon her and the wits of all present, men and women, were confounded, for that she was even as saith of her one of her describers:
Like a sun at the end of a cane in a hill of sand, She shines in a dress of the hue of pomegranate flower.
She gives me to drink of her cheeks and her honeyed lips And quenches the worst of the fires that my heart devour.
Then they attired Dinarzad in a dress of blue brocade and she became as she were the full moon, whenas it shineth forth. So they displayed her in this, for the first dress, before King Shahzeman, who rejoiced in her and well-nigh took leave of his wits for longing and amorous desire; yea, he was distraught with love for her, whenas he saw her, for, indeed, she was as saith of her one of her describers in the following verses:
She comes in a robe the colour of ultramarine, Blue as the stainless sky, unflecked with white;
I view her with yearning eyes and she seems to me A moon of the summer, set in a winter’s night.
Then they returned to Shehrzad and displayed her in
