Note 539
The Nazarene Broker’s Story.
He sent the provisions not to be under an obligation to her in this matter. And she received them to judge thereby of his liberality
… after which I returned, and taking a roast lamb and some sweetmeats, called a porter and put the provision in his crate, and sent it to the lady paying the man his hire.[FN#539] I went back to my business till sunset, when the ass driver came to me and I took fifty dinars in a kerchief and rode to her house where I found the marble floor swept, the brasses burnisht, the branch lights burning, the wax candles ready lighted, th…
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