We sent notice of the circumstance to the cadi, but the cadi was slow in his operations; and before he could take the Jew into custody the cunning fellow had effected his escape.

When his house was searched, he and his chest had disappeared.

We discovered that he sailed for Egypt, and rejoiced that we had driven him from Constantinople.
"My friend, Damat Zade, expressed the warmest gratitude to me.

'You formerly saved my fortune; you have now saved my life, and a life yet dearer than my own: that of my daughter Fatima.' "At the sound of that name I could not, I believe, avoid showing some emotion.

I had accidentally seen this lady, and I had been captivated by her beauty and by the sweetness of her countenance; but as I knew she was destined to be the wife of another, I suppressed my feeling, and determined to banish the recollection of the fair Fatima for ever from my imagination.