Note 340
Tale of the Portress.
In the text "Dastúr," the Persian word before noticed; "Izn" would be the proper Arabic equivalent.
…e me till the morning—such a night I had never seen in my dreams. I lived with him a life of happiness and delight for a full month, at the end of which I asked his leave[FN#340] to go on foot to the bazar and buy me certain especial stuffs and he gave me permission. So I donned my mantilla and, taking with me the old woman and a slave-girl,[FN#341] I went to the khan of the silk-mercers, where I seated myself in the shop fron…
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