Note 585
Tale of the Jewish Doctor.
Arab. "Ká'ah," usually a saloon; but also applied to a fine house here and elsewhere in The Nights.
…e mightily. After this they left me alone and set their faces Egyptwards; whilst I abode at Damascus, where I had hired from a jeweller, for two dinars a month, a mansion[FN#585] whose beauties would beggar the tongue. Here I remained, eating and drinking and spending what monies I had in hand till, one day, as I was sitting at the door of my house be hold, there came up a young lady clad in costliest raiment never saw my eyes…
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