Note 261 — ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS.[261]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Omitted by Lane (iii. 252) “because little more than a repetition” of Taj al-Mulúk and the Lady Dunyá. This is true; but the nice progress of the nurse’s pimping is a well-finished picture and the old woman’s speech (infra p. 243) is a gem.