avail, and all the work of one night; more by token that the
palace was full of slaves and slave girls such as would bewitch a
saint with their loveliness. But the most marvellous of all was
that he saw in the palace an upper hall [FN#477] and [FN#478] a
belvedere [FN#479] with four-and-twenty oriels, all wroughten of
emeralds and rubies and other jewels, and of one of these oriels
the lattice-work was by his desire left unfinished, [FN#480] so
the Sultan should fail of its completion. When he had viewed the
palace, all of it, he rejoiced and was exceeding glad; then he
turned to the genie and said to him, "I desire of thee one thing
which is lacking and whereof I had forgotten to bespeak thee."
Quoth the slave, " Seek what thou wilt, O my lord;" and Alaeddin
said to him, "I will have thee bring me a carpet Of fine brocade,
all inwoven with gold, and spread it from my palace to that of
the Sultan, so the Lady Bedrulbudour, whenas she cometh hither,
may walk thereon and not upon the earth." So the genie was absent
a little and returning, said to him, ''O my lord, that which thou
soughtest Of me is here." Therewithal he took him and showed him
the carpet, which ravished the wit, and it was spread from the
Sultan's palace to that of Alaeddin; then taking him up, he set
him down in his own house.

It [FN#481] was now grown high day; so the Sultan arose from sleep
and opening a window of his pavilion, looked forth and saw
buildings [FN#482] before his palace; whereupon he fell to rubbing
his eyes and opening them wide and looking farther, saw a
magnificent palace, that bewildered the wits, and a carpet spread
therefrom to his own palace; as on like wise did the doorkeepers
and all who were in the palace, and their wits were bewildered at
the sight. At this juncture the Vizier presented himself and as