Then said he，'This，O King！ is my tale： hast thou ever heard one stranger？'So Taj alMuluk marvelled with great marvel at the young merchant's story，and fire darted into his entrails on hearing the name of the Lady Dunya and her loveliness.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
When it was the One Hundred and Twentyninth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that the Wazir Dandan continued to Zau alMakan： Now when Taj alMuluk heard the story of the young merchant，he marvelled with great marvel and fire darted into his entrails on hearing the name of the Lady Dunya who，as he knew，had embroidered the gazelles； and his love and longing hourly grew，so he said to the youth，'By Allah，that hath befallen thee whose like never befel any save thyself，but thou hast a life term appointed，which thou must fulfil； and now I would fain ask of thee a question.'Quoth Aziz，'And what is it？'Quoth he，'Wilt thou tell me how thou sawest the young lady who wrought these gazelles？'Then he，'O my lord，I got me access to her by a sleight and it was this.When I entered her city with the caravan，I went forth and wandered about the garths till I came to a flower garden abounding in trees，whose keeper was a venerable old man，a Shaykh stricken in years.I addressed him，saying，'O ancient sir，whose may be this garden？' and he replied，'It belongs to the King's daughter，the Lady Dunya.We are now beneath her palace and，when she is minded to amuse herself，she openeth the private wicket and walketh in the garden and smelleth the fragrance of the flowers.' So I said to him，'Favour me by allowing me to sit in this garden till she come；haply I may enjoy a sight of her as she passeth.' The Shaykh answered，'There can be no harm in that.' Thereupon I gave him a dirham or so and said to him，Buy us something to eat.' He took the money gladly and opened door and，entering himself，admitted me into the garden，where we strolled and ceased not strolling till we reached a pleasant spot in which he bade me sit down and await his going and his returning.Then he brought me somewhat of fruit and，leaving me，disappeared for an hour； but after a while he returned to me bringing a roasted lamb，of which we ate till we had eaten enough，my heart yearning the while for a sight of the lady.Presently，as we sat，the postern opened and the keeper said to me，'Rise and hide thee.' I did so； and behold，a black eunuch put his head out through the garden wicket and asked，'O Shaykh，there any one with thee？' 'No，' answered he；and the eunuch said，'Shut the garden gate.' So the keeper shut the gate，and lo！ the Lady Dunya came in by the private door.