Chapter 83

_TALE OF THE PORTRESS._ Know, O Commander of the Faithful, that I had a father who, after fulfilling his time, deceased and left me great store of wealth. I remained single for a short time and presently married one of the richest of his day. I abode with him a year when he also died, and my share of his property amounted to eighty thousand dinars in gold according to the holy law of inheritance.[328] Thus I became passing rich and my reputation spread far and wide, for I had made me ten changes of raiment, …