him the gardens and pleasaunces without the city,--it may be he
hath not yet seen them,--and he shall see the merchant-folk and
the notables a-pleasuring there, so he may become acquainted with
them and they with him." [FN#204]

The [FN#205] Maugrabin lay the night in his lodging; and on the
morrow he came to the tailor's house and knocked at the door.
Alaeddin--of the excess of his joy in the clothes he had donned
and of the pleasures he had enjoyed on the past day, what with
the bath and eating and drinking and viewing the folk and the
thought that his uncle was coming in the morning to take him and
show him the gardens--slept not that night neither closed an eye
and thought the day would never break. [FN#206] So, when he heard
a knocking at the door, he went out at once in haste, like a
spark of fire, and opening, found his uncle the Maugrabin. The
latter embraced him and kissed him and took him by the hand,
saying, "O son of my brother, to-day I will show thee a thing
such as thou never sawest in thy life." Then they went off
together and the Maugrabin fell to making merry with [FN#207]
Alaeddin and amusing him with familiar talk. They went forth the
gate of the city and the Maugrabin proceeded to walk with him
among the gardens and to show him the fine pleasaunces and
marvellous high-builded palaces; and whenassoever they looked
upon a garden or a palace [FN#208] or a pavilion, [FN#209] he would
stand and say to Alaeddin, "Doth this please thee, O my son
Alaeddin?"

Alaeddin was like to fly for joy, inasmuch as he saw that which
he had never in his life seen, and they gave not over walking and
gazing till they were weary, when they entered a fine garden