now partake of the entertainment without contributing to the cost.” The beautiful Safie seconded her sister, and said to the porter, “Friend. have you never heard the common saying, �If you bring something with you, you shall carry something away, but if you bring nothing, you shall depart empty?’”
The porter, notwithstanding his rhetoric, must, in all probability, have retired in confusion, if Amene had not taken his part, and said to Zobeide and Safie,
now partake of the entertainment without contributing to the cost.” The beautiful Safie seconded her sister, and said to the porter, “Friend. have you never heard the common saying, �If you bring something with you, you shall carry something away, but if you bring nothing, you shall depart empty?’”
The porter, notwithstanding his rhetoric, must, in all probability, have retired in confusion, if Amene had not taken his part, and said to Zobeide and Safie,
