So this is what I have concluded to do.

You, Fatimah, and you, Habeebah, being given to me as bondwomen by the Kaid in the old days when my power, which now is little and of no moment, was great and necessary--you belong to me.

Well, I give you your liberty.

Your papers are in the name of Ben Aboo, and I have sealed them with his seal--that is the last use but one that I shall put it to.

Here they are, both of them.