and the Fairy RE 95

tichly furnished. First they set her down upon a sofa, with her back
-supported with a cushion of gold brocade, while they made a bed, the
quilt of which was finely embroidered with silk, the sheets of the
finest linen, and the coverlid cloth of gold. When they had put her
into bed (for the old sorcefess pretended that her fever was so violent
that she could not help herself in the least), one of the women went
“out and soon returned again with a china cup in her hand full of a
certain liquor, which she presented to the magician, while the other
helped her to sit up. ‘ Drink this,’ said she, ‘it is the water of the
fountain of lions, and a sovereign remedy against. all fevers whatso-.
‘ever. You will find the effect of it in less than an-hour’s time,’
The magician, to dissemble the better, took it after a great deal
-of entreaty, as if she was very much averse to having it, but at last
‘taking the china cup, and shaking her head, as if she did great
violence to herself, swallowed the liquor. When she had lain down
‘again, the two women covered her up. ‘Lie quiet, said she who
‘brought her the china cup, ‘and get a little sleep if you can; we will
leave you, and hope to find you perfectly cured when we come an
-hour hence.’

_ The magician, who came not to act a sick part long, but only
to discover Pririce Ahmed’s retreat, and what. made him leave: his
father’s court, being fully satisfied in what she: wanted to know,
would willingly have declared that the potion had had its - effects
then, so great was her desire to return to the sultan, and inform
him. of the success of her commission’; but as she had been told
that the potion did not operate immediately, shé was forced to await
the women’s return. Lane :

‘The two women came again at the time they said they should,
and found the magician up and dressed, and seated’ on the sofa;
“when she saw them open the door she cried out, ‘Oh, the admirable
potion! it has wrought its cure much sooner than you told me it
‘would, and I have waited a long time with impatience, to desire you