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(continued the handmaid) 'and blamed her doings,and bade her beware,and said to her,'O my lady,have some care for thy life!' But she was angered at my words and cried out at me;accordingly I left her and came forth in quest of thee,but found thee not and dared not go to the house of Ali bin Bakkar; so stood watching for thee,that I might ask thee of him and wot how it goes with him. And I pray thee,of thy favour,to take of me some money,for thou hast doubtless borrowed from thy friends part of the gear and as it is lost,it behoveth thee to make it good with folk.' I replied,'To hear is to obey! go on;' and I walked with her till we drew near my house,when she said to me,'Wait here till I come back to thee.''And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.