eft and thou wilt see a saloon with doors： count five doors and enter the sixth，for therein is thy desire.'Asked Taj alMuluk，'And whither wilt thou go？'；and she answered，'Nowhere shall I go except that perhaps I may drop behind thee，and the Chief Eunuch may detain me to chat with him.'She walked on （and he behind her） till she reached the door where the Chief Eunuch was stationed and he，seeing Taj alMuluk with her dressed as a slave girl，said to the old woman，'What business hath this girl with thee？'Replied she，'This is a slave girl of whom the Lady Dunya hath heard that she is skilled in different kinds of work and she hath a mind to buy her.'Rejoined the Eunuch，'I know neither slave girls nor anyone else；and none shall enter here without my searching according to the King's commands.'And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
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