Note 179 — TALE of ALI BIN BAKKAR and of SHAMS AL-NAHAR.
Richard Francis Burton translation
These naïve offers in Eastern tales mostly come from the true seducer—Eve. Europe, and England especially, still talks endless absurdity upon the subject. A man of the world may "seduce" an utterly innocent (which means an ignorant) girl. But to "seduce" a married woman! What a farce!