I entered his Heaven[23] and then his Hell；[24]And I said 'Bless Malik[25] and bless Rizwan.'[26]
When they heard these verses they were charmed，and the Over seer invited them to his house； but they declined and returned to their own place，to rest from the great heat of the bath.So they took their ease there and ate and drank and passed that night in perfect solace and satisfaction，till morning dawned，when they arose from sleep and making their lesser ablution，prayed the dawn prayer and drank the morning draught.[27] As soon as the sun had risen and the shops and markets opened，they arose and going forth from their place to the bazar opened their shop，which their servants had already furnished，after the handsomest fashion，and had spread with prayer rugs and silken carpets and had placed on the divans a pair of mattresses，each worth an hundred dinars.On every mattress they had disposed a rug of skin fit for a King and edged with a fringe of gold； and amiddlemost the shop stood a third seat still richer，even as the place required.Then Taj alMuluk sat down on one divan，and Aziz on another，whilst the Wazir seated himself on that in the centre，and the servants stood before them.The city people soon heard of them and crowded about them，so that they sold some of their goods and not a few of their stuffs； for Taj alMuluk's beauty and loveliness had become the talk of the town.Thus they passed a trifle of time，and every day the people flocked to them and pressed upon them more and more，till the Wazir，after exhorting Taj alMuluk to keep his secret，commended him to the care of Aziz and went home，that he might commune with himself alone and cast about for some contrivance which might profit them.Meanwhile，the two young men sat talking and Taj alMuluk said to Aziz，'Haply some one will come from the Lady Dunya.'So he ceased not expecting this chance days and nights，but his heart was troubled and he knew neither sleep nor rest； for desire had got the mastery of him，and love and longing were sore upon him，so that he renounced the solace of sleep and abstained from meat and drink； yet ceased he not to be like the moon on the night of fullness.Now one day as he sat in the shop，behold，there came up an ancient woman.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.