Note 599 — Appendix. VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF SOME OF THE TALES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS. VOLS. I. AND II. (continued 3)

I call this ‘strikingly similar’ to the preceding Persian story, although it has fewer incidents and the lady’s husband remains a monk; she could not have got him back even had she wished; for, having taken the vows, he was debarred from returning to “the world,” which a kalandar or dervish may do as often as he pleases.