Thereupon his father abused him and reviled him and cried，'Woe to thee，thou son of adultery and nursling of abomination！[234] How durst thou answer me on this wise before my captains and soldiers？ But hitherto none hath chastised thee，'And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the One Hundred and Seventyfourth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that King Shahriman cried out to his son Kamar alZaman，'How durst thou answer me on this wise before my captains and soldiers？ But hitherto none hath chastised thee. Knowest thou not that this deed thou hast done were a disgrace to him had it been done by the meanest of my subjects？'And the King commanded his Mamelukes to loose his elbow bonds and imprison him in one of the bastions of the citadel. So they took the Prince and thrust him into an old tower，wherein there was a dilapidated saloon and in its middle a ruined well，after having first swept it and cleansed its floorflags and set therein a couch on which they laid a mattress，a leathern rug and a cushion；and then they brought a great lanthorn and a wax candle，for that place was dark，even by day. And lastly the Mamelukes led Kamar alZaman thither，and stationed an eunuch at the door. And when all this was done，the Prince threw himself on the couch，sadspirited，and heavy hearted；blaming himself and repenting of his injurious conduct to his father，whenas repentance availed him naught，and saying，'Allah curse marriage and marriageable and married women，the traitresses all！ Would I had hearkened to my father and accepted a wife！ Had I so done it had been better for me than this jail.'