Note 663 — THE HUNCHBACK'S TALE. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Nothing more calculated to give affront than such a refusal. Richardson (p. 204) who, however, doubts his own version (p. 208) here translates, "and I will not give liberty to my soul (spouse) but in her apartments." The Arabic or rather Cairene, is, "wa lá akhalli rúhi"=I will not let myself go i.e. be my every-day self, etc.