obedience；'whereupon he pulled off a part of his own clothes and covered us therewith and made his excuses to us and spoke kindly to us. Then we arose and accompanied him to his house and he knocked at the door，whereupon a little slaveboy came out and opened to us. The host entered and we followed him；[214] when he called for a bundle of clothes and muslins for turbands，and gave us each a suit and a piece；so we dressed and turbanded ourselves and sat us down. Presently，in came a damsel with a tray of food and set it before us，saying，'Eat.'We ate some small matter and she took away the tray：after which we abode with our host till nightfall，when Ali bin Bakkar sighed and said to me，'Know，O my brother，that I am a dying man past hope of life and I would charge thee with a charge：it is that，when thou seest me dead，thou go to my parent[215] and tell her of my decease and bid her come hither that she may be here to receive the visits of condolence and be present at the washing of my corpse，and do thou exhort her to bear my loss with patience.'
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