He
enquired what had passed, and Amjed told him what she had said,
adding, 'Nothing would serve her but she must kill thee; and this
is her reward.' Behadir rose and kissing the prince's hand, said
to him, 'Would God thou hadst spared her! But now there is
nothing for it but to rid us of her forthright, before the day
break.' So saying, he wrapped the body in a mantle and laying it
in a basket, said to Amjed, 'Thou art a stranger here and knowest
no one: so sit thou here and await my return. If I come back, I
will assuredly do thee great good service and use my endeavour to
have news of thy brother; but if I return not by sunrise, know
that all is over with me; in which case the house and all it
contains are thine, and peace be on thee.' Then he shouldered
the basket and going forth, made for the sea, thinking to throw
it therein: but as he drew near the shore, he turned and found
himself surrounded by the chief of the police and his officers.
They knew him and wondered and opened the basket, in which they
found the slain woman. So they seized him and laid him in irons
till the morning, when they carried him and the basket to the
King and acquainted the latter with the case. The King was sore
enraged and said to Behadir, 'Out on thee! This is not the first
time thou hast slain folk and cast them into the sea and taken
their goods.
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