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Quoth JaвЂ™afar, 'Grant me three daysвЂ™ delay,' and quoth the Caliph, 'We grant thee this.' So JaвЂ™afar went out from before him and returned to his own house, full of sorrow and saying to himself: 'How shall I find him who murdered this damsel, that I may bring him before the Caliph? If I bring other than the murderer, it will be laid to my charge by the Lord. When the Caliph looked upon her he cried, 'Alas!' and tears ran down his cheeks and turning to JaвЂ™afar, he said: 'O dog of Wazirs, shall folk be murdered in our reign and be cast into the river to be a burden and a responsibility for us on the Day of Doom? By Allah, we must avenge this woman on her murderer, and he shall be made die the worst of deaths!'ДЄnd presently he added: 'Now, as surely as we are descended from the Sons of Abbas, if thou bring us not him who slew her, that we do her justice on him, I will hang thee at the gate of my palace, thee and forty of thy kith and kin by thy side.' And the Caliph was wroth with exceeding rage. This they cut open and saw within it a piece of carpet, which they lifted out, and under it was a womanвЂ™s mantilla folded in four, which they pulled out, and at the bottom of the chest they came upon a young lady, fair as a silver ingot, slain and cut into nineteen pieces. JaвЂ™afar and Masrur then broke it open and found therein a basket of palm leaves corded with red worsted. The Caliph examined it and lifted it, finding, it weighty, so he gave the fisherman two hundred dinars and sent him about his business whilst Masrur, aided by the Caliph, carried the chest to the palace and set it down and lighted the candles. Then he hauled in the rope and dragged the net ashore and there appeared in it a chest, padlocked and heavy. I cannot even pawn myself to buy them a supper, and I hate and disgust my life and I hanker after death.' Quoth the Caliph, 'Say me, wilt thou return with us to TigrisвЂ™ bank and cast thy net on my luck, and whatsoever turneth up I will buy of thee for a hundred gold pieces?' The man rejoiced when he heard these words and said: 'On my head be it! I will go back with you,' and, returning with them riverward, made a cast and waited a while. When the Caliph heard his verses, he said to JaвЂ™afar, 'See this poor man and note his verses, for surely they point to his necessities.' Then he accosted him and asked, 'O Sheikh, what be thine occupation?' And the poor man answered: 'O my lord, I am a fisherman with a family to keep and I have been out between midday and this time, and not a thing hath Allah made my portion wherewithal to feed my family. His happiest homestead were down in the grave.'

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