The Arabian Nights

he was exceedingly surprised; for he could not think that a castle in such repair was without inhabitants. “If there be no one in it,”

said he to himself, “I have nothing to fear; and if it be inhabited, I have wherewith to defend myself.”

At last he entered, and when he came within the porch, he cried, “Is there no one here to receive a stranger, who comes in for some refreshment as he passes by?” He repeated the same words


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he was exceedingly surprised; for he could not think that a castle in such repair was without inhabitants. “If there be no one in it,”

said he to himself, “I have nothing to fear; and if it be inhabited, I have wherewith to defend myself.”

At last he entered, and when he came within the porch, he cried, “Is there no one here to receive a stranger, who comes in for some refreshment as he passes by?” He repeated the same words


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