y me. So now for my lie to save myself，he being mad beyond a doubt.'Then he turned to Kamar alZaman and said，'O my lord，pardon me；for indeed thy father charged me to conceal from thee this affair of the young lady；but now I am weak and weary and wounded with funding；for I am an old man and lack strength and bottom to endure blows. Have，therefore，a little patience with me and I will tell thee all and acquaint thee with the story of the young woman.'When the Prince heard this，he left off drubbing him and said，'Wherefore couldst thou not tell me the tale until after shame and blows？ Rise now，unlucky old man that thou art，and tell me her story.'Quoth the Wazir，'Say，dost thou ask of the young lady with the fair face and perfect form？'Quoth Kamar alZaman，'Even so！Tell me，O Wazir，who it was that led her to me and laid her by my side，and who was it that took her away from me by night；and let me know forthright whither she is gone，that I myself may go to her at once. If my father did this deed to me that he might try me by means of that beautiful girl，with a view to our marriage，I consent to wed her and free myself of this trouble；for he did all these dealings with me only because I refused wedlock. But now I consent and I say again，I consent to matrimony：so tell this to my father，O Wazir，and advise him to marry me to that young lady；for I will have none other and my heart loveth none save her alone. Now rise up at once and haste thee to my father and counsel him to hurry on our wedding and bring me his answer within this very hour.'Rejoined the Wazir，''Tis well！'and went forth from him，hardly believing himself out of his hands. Then he set off from the tower，walking and tripping up as he went，for excess of fright and agitation，and he ceased not hurrying till he came in to King Shahriman.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
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