When it was the One Hundred and Fiftyfifth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that the boatman rowed them towards the other bank till they reached it and landed，whereupon she took leave of them，saying，'It were my wish not to abandon you，but I can go no farther than this.'Then she turned back，whilst Ali bin Bakkar lay prostrate on the ground before Abu alHasan and by no manner of means could he rise，till his friend said to him，'Indeed this place is not sure and I fear lest we lose our lives in this very spot，by reason of the lewd fellows who infest it and highwaymen and men of lawlessness.'Upon this Ali bin Bakkar arose and walked a little but could not continue walking. Now Abu alHasan had friends in that quarter；so he made search for one of them，in whom he trusted，and who was of his intimates，and knocked at the door.
The man came out quickly and seeing them，bade them welcome and brought them into his house，where he seated them and talked with them and asked them whence they came. Quoth Abu alHasan，'We came out but now，being obliged thereto by a person with whom I had dealings and who hath in his hands dirhams of mine. And it reached me that he designed to flee into foreign parts with my monies；so I fared forth tonight in quest of him，taking with me for company this youth，Ali bin Bakkar；but，when we came hoping to see the debtor，he hid from us and we could get no sight of him. Accordingly we turned back，emptyhanded without a doit，but it was irksome to us to return home at this hour of the night；so weeting not whither to go，we came to thee，well knowing thy kindness and wonted courtesy.''Ye are welcome and well come！'