Thousand & One Nights: 117th Night

The young man with Severed hand and the girl - 7
The young man entered the hall, and hardly had he sat down, when the lady came bedecked in fine clothes and ornaments, with a diadem on her head. Her face was made up and her eyes were penciled.  She smiled at the young man, hugged him, and pressed him to her bosom. Setting her mouth to his, sucked his tongue and he responded likewise.
"Can it be true, my lord, that you have indeed come to me?" she said to the young man.
He replied, "Yes, I am with you and am your slave."
She said, "By God, Since I first saw you I have enjoyed neither food nor sleep." The young man thought that he also felt the same. Then they sat down to chat.
Then she herself set the table for the food. Sumptuous dishes were served: ragout, fircassee, fritters soaked in honey, and chickens stuffed with sugar and pistachio nuts. After the food the servants removed everything. The young man found that she was wealthier than him. They passed the time in dalliance till the nightfall. Again they had food and wine and in the night they were in dalliance. For the young merchant those were the days of eating, drinking and dalliance. Everyday at the time of parting she would weep and ask, "My lord, shall I see you again?" The merchant would say, "I would come in the evening." Between morning and evening he attended to his business, collected money from the money changers; every day he would take fifty dinars in the handkerchief, adding two quarter dinars for the driver. Thus his days were spent in the business and the nights in her bed.

The dawn of break.

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