'She that lay with me last night,' replied Kemerezzeman.
The eunuch was troubled at his words and said to him, 'By Allah,
there has been with thee neither young lady nor other! How
should she have come in to thee, when the door was locked and I
asleep before it? By Allah, O my lord, neither man nor woman has
come in to thee!' 'Thou liest, O pestilent slave!' exclaimed
the prince. 'Dost thou also presume to hoodwink me and wilt thou
not tell me what is come of the young lady who lay with me last
night and who took her away?' The eunuch was affrighted at him
and answered, 'By Allah, O my lord, I have seen neither girl nor
boy!' His words only angered Kemerezzeman and he said to him, 'O
accursed one, my father hath taught thee deceit! Come hither.'
So the eunuch came up to him, and the prince seized him by the
collar and threw him to the ground. He let fly a crack of wind,
and Kemerezzeman, kneeling upon him, kicked him and throttled
him, till he fainted away. Then he tied him to the well-rope,
and lowering him into the well, plunged him into the water, then
drew him up and plunged him in again. Now it was hard winter
weather, and Kemerezzeman ceased not to lower the eunuch into the
water and pull him up again, whilst he screamed and called for
help.
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