The Arabian Nights

and submit to the will of God. I trembled however at every little indisposition of my wife. Alas! in a little time my fears were realized, for she fell sick, and died.

Judge of my sorrow; to be interred alive, seemed to me as deplorable a termination of life as to be devoured by cannibals.

It was necessary, however, to submit. The king and all his court expressed their wish to honour the funeral with their presence, and the


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and submit to the will of God. I trembled however at every little indisposition of my wife. Alas! in a little time my fears were realized, for she fell sick, and died.

Judge of my sorrow; to be interred alive, seemed to me as deplorable a termination of life as to be devoured by cannibals.

It was necessary, however, to submit. The king and all his court expressed their wish to honour the funeral with their presence, and the


936 of 6676