Note 502
THE HUNCHBACK’S TALE.
Arab. "Yá Sattár" = Thou who veilest the discreditable secrets of Thy creatures.
…y and seeing it was that of a Gobbo, said, "Was it not enough for thee to be a hunchback,[FN#501] but thou must likewise be a thief and prig flesh and fat! O thou Veiler,[FN#502] deign to veil me with Thy curtain of concealment!" So he took him up on his shoulders and, going forth with him from his house about the latter end of the night, carried him to the nearest end of the bazar, where he set him up on his feet against the …
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