“Commander of the faithful,” I replied, “I am ready to do whatever your majesty shall think fit to command; but I beseech you most humbly to consider what I have undergone. I have also made a vow never to go out of Bagdad.” Hence I took occasion to give him a full and particular account of all my adventures, which he had the patience to hear out.
As soon as I had finished, “I confess,” said he, “that the things you tell me are very extraordinary,
“Commander of the faithful,” I replied, “I am ready to do whatever your majesty shall think fit to command; but I beseech you most humbly to consider what I have undergone. I have also made a vow never to go out of Bagdad.” Hence I took occasion to give him a full and particular account of all my adventures, which he had the patience to hear out.
As soon as I had finished, “I confess,” said he, “that the things you tell me are very extraordinary,
