The trees are lovely, and the oranges like balls of fire!" As often as the Blessed Beauty said: "I am a prisoner, it cannot be," the _Sh_ay_kh_ took His hands and kissed them.

For a whole hour he kept on pleading.

At last Baha'u'llah said, "_Kh_ayli _kh_ub (very good)" and the _Sh_ay_kh_'s patience and persistence were rewarded.

He came to me with great joy to give the glad news of His Holiness's consent.

In spite of the strict firman of 'Abdu'l-'Aziz which prohibited my meeting or having any intercourse with the Blessed Perfection, I took the carriage the next day and drove with Him to the palace.
No one made any objection.