Note 227 — ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Meaning of course that the King signed towards the sack in which he supposed the victim to be, but the ring fell off before it could take effect. The Eastern story-teller often balances his multiplicity of words and needless details by a conciseness and an elliptical style which make his meaning a matter of divination.