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when I heard it; and I account my ſelf infinitely happy in having a Man of your Merit for my Lover, I do not know what Impreſſion the firſt Sight of me could make upon you; but I aſſure you, I no ſooner ſaw you, than I had tender Thoughts of you. Since Yeſterday I have done nothing but thought of what you ſaid to me; and the haſte I made to come and find you out this Morning, may convince you I have no ſmall regard for you, Madam, ſaid I, tranſported with Love and Joy, nothing can be more agreeable to me than what I now hear. No Paſſion can be greater, than that with which love you ſince the happy moment I caſt my Eyes upon you; my Eyes were then dazzled with ſo many Charms, that my Heart yielded without Reſiſtance. Do not let us trifle away the time in needleſs Diſcourſe, ſaid ſhe, interrupting me: I make no doubt of your Sincerity, and you ſhall quickly be convinced of mine. Will you do me the Honour to come to my Home, or if you will, I’ll come to yours. Madam, ſaid I, I’m a Stranger lodged in a Khan, which is not a proper Place for the Reception of a Lady of your Quality and Merit.
Here the approach of Day interrupted Scheherazade; but the next Morning ſhe continued thus.
The Hundred and Thirty Fifth Night.
’TIS more proper, Madam, ſaid the young Bagdad Merchant to his Sweet-heart; ’tis more proper for me to come to you at your own Houſe, if you’ll pleaſe to tell me where it is. The Lady complying with his Defire, I live, ſaid ſhe, in Devotion-Street; come next Friday after Noon-Prayers, and ask for the Houſe of Abbon Schamma, ſurnamed Bercout, late Maſter of the Emirs; there you’ll find me. This ſaid, we parted, and I paſſed the next Day in great Impatience.
On Friday, I got up betimes and put on my beſt Cloaths, with Fifty Pieces of Gold in my Pocket. Thus prepared, I mounted an Aſs I had beſpoke the Day before, and ſet out, accompanied by the Man that let me the Aſs. When we came to Devotion-ſtreet, I directed the Owner of the Aſs, to enquire for the Houſe I wanted to be at. Accordingly he enquired and conducted me thither, I paid him libe-rally