Note 680
The Barber’s Tale of his Fifth Brother.
Illustrating the Persian saying "Allah himself cannot help a fool."
… He went out and hired ten men, but when he returned he found the door wide open, the damsel gone and nothing left but some small matter of coin and the household stuffs.[FN#680] By this he knew that the girl had overreached him; so he opened the store rooms and seized what was in them, together with the rest of the money, leaving nothing in the house. He passed the night rejoicing, but when morning dawned he found at the door…
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