perceiving that she repented of her impertinent curiosity, he desisted; and opening the door, her friends came in, were glad to find her cured of her obstinacy, and complimented her husband upon this happy expedient to bring his wife to reason.
“Daughter,” added the grand vizier, “you deserve to be treated as the merchant treated his wife.”
“Father,” replied Scheherazade, “I beg you would not take it ill that I persist in my
perceiving that she repented of her impertinent curiosity, he desisted; and opening the door, her friends came in, were glad to find her cured of her obstinacy, and complimented her husband upon this happy expedient to bring his wife to reason.
“Daughter,” added the grand vizier, “you deserve to be treated as the merchant treated his wife.”
“Father,” replied Scheherazade, “I beg you would not take it ill that I persist in my
