“O thou of generous seed and true nobility, * Reproach me not for
     that which came from me to thee
We pardon thee if thou have wrought us any wrong * And if I
     wrought the wrong I pray thee pardon me!”

And he ceased not to humble himself before him, till he said, “Allah pardon thee!” and bade him be seated.  So he sat down and Judar invested him with garments of pardon and immunity and ordered his brothers spread the table.  When they had eaten, he clad the whole of the King’s company in robes of honour and gave them largesse; after which he bade the King depart.  So he went forth and thereafter came every day to visit Judar and held not his Divan save in his house:  wherefore friendship and familiarity waxed great between them, and they abode thus awhile, till one day the King, being alone with his Minister, said to him, “O Wazir, I fear lest Judar slay me and take the kingdom away from me.”  Replied the Wazir, “O King of the age, as for his taking the kingdom from thee, have no fear of that, for Judar’s present estate is greater than that of the King, and to take the kingdom would be a lowering of his dignity; but, if thou fear that he kill thee, thou hast a daughter:  give her to him to wife and thou and he will be of one condition.”  Quoth the King, “O Wazir, be thou intermediary between us and him”; and quoth the Minister, “Do thou invite him to an entertainment and pass the night with him in one of thy saloons.  Then bid thy daughter don her richest dress and ornaments and pass by the door of the saloon.  When he seeth her, he will assuredly fall in love with her, and when we know this, I will turn to him and tell him that she is thy daughter and engage him in converse and lead him on, so that thou shalt seem to know nothing of the matter, till he ask her to thee to wife.  When thou hast married him to the Princess, thou and he will be as one thing and thou wilt be safe from him; and if he die, thou wilt inherit all he hath, both great and small.”  Replied the King, “Thou sayst sooth, O my Wazir,” and made a banquet and invited thereto Judar who came to the Sultan’s palace and they sat in the saloon in great good cheer till the end of the day.  Now the King had commanded his wife to array the maiden in her richest raiment and ornaments and carry her by the door of the saloon.  She did as he told her, and when Judar saw the Princess, who had not her match for beauty and grace, he looked fixedly at her and said, “Ah!”; and his limbs were loosened; for love and longing and passion and pine were sore upon him; desire and transport get hold upon him and he turned pale.  Quoth the Wazir, “May no harm befall thee, O my lord!  Why do I see thee change colour and in suffering?” Asked Judar, “O Wazir, whose daughter is this damsel?  Verily she hath enthralled me and ravished my reason.”  Replied the Wazir, “She is the daughter of thy friend the King; and if she please thee, I will speak to him that he marry thee to her.”  Quoth Judar, “Do so, O Wazir,