Note 120
The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince.
The rubbish heaps which outlie Eastern cities, some (near Cairo) are over a hundred feet high.
…ks dropped of themselves as if broken and the gate leaves opened. She went forth (and I after her without her noticing aught) till she came at last to the outlying mounds[FN#120] and a reed fence built about a round roofed hut of mud bricks. As she entered the door, I climbed upon the roof which commanded a view of the interior, and lo! my fair cousin had gone in to a hideous negro slave with his upper lip like the cover of a …
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