Yet will I manage that their persons[294] meet，E'en as the pivot of a scissor pair.'
And he ceased not to comfort and solace and encourage Kamar al Zaman and urged him to eat and drink till he ate food and drank wine，and life returned to him and he was saved from his ill case；and Marzawan cheered him and diverted him with talk and songs and stories，and in good time he became free of his disorder and stood up and sought to go to the Hammam.[295] So Marzawan took him by the hand and both went to the bath，where they washed their bodies and made them clean.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
When it was the Two Hundredth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when Kamar alZaman，son of King Shahriman，went to the Hammam，his father in his joy at this event freed the prisoners，and presented splendid dresses to his grandees and bestowed large almgifts upon the poor and bade decorate the city seven days. Then quoth Marzawan to Kamar alZaman，'Know，O my lord，that I came not from the Lady Budur save for this purpose，and the object of my journey was to deliver her from her present case；and it remaineth for us only to devise how we may get to her，since thy father cannot brook the thought of parting from thee. So it is my counsel that tomorrow thou ask his leave to go abroad hunting.
Then do thou take with thee a pair of saddlebags full of money and mount a swift steed，and lead a spare horse，and I will do the like，and say to thy sire，'I have a mind to divert myself with hunting the desert and to see the open country and there to pass one night.' Suffer not any servant to follow us，for as soon as we reach the open country，we will go our ways.'Kamar al