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These preparations being completed, he sent forth his tents and camels
and mules and servants and guards, appointed his Wezeer to be governor
of the country during his absence, and set out towards his brother's
dominions. At midnight,[i_16] however, he remembered that he had
left in his palace an article which he should have brought with him; and
having returned to the palace to fetch it, he there beheld his wife
sleeping in his bed, and attended by a male negro slave, who had fallen
asleep by her side. On beholding this scene, the world became black
before his eyes; and he said within himself, If this is the case when I
have not departed from the city, what will be the conduct of this vile
woman while I am sojourning with my brother? He then drew his sword, and
slew them both in the bed: after which he immediately returned, gave
orders for departure, and journeyed to his brother's capital.
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