request Amene to acquaint him wherefore her breast was disfigured with so many scars.
Amene addressed herself to the caliph, and began her story after this manner:
The Story of Amene.
Commander of the faithful, to avoid repeating what your majesty has already heard in my sister’s story, I shall only add, that after my mother had taken a house for herself to live in, during her widowhood, she gave me in marriage, with the portion my father left me,
request Amene to acquaint him wherefore her breast was disfigured with so many scars.
Amene addressed herself to the caliph, and began her story after this manner:
The Story of Amene.
Commander of the faithful, to avoid repeating what your majesty has already heard in my sister’s story, I shall only add, that after my mother had taken a house for herself to live in, during her widowhood, she gave me in marriage, with the portion my father left me,
