ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES. 33

turnings. Come, here is another piece
of gold.”

‘The two pieces of gold tempted the
cobbler. ‘I cannot say,” said he, ‘that I
remember exactly the way they took me,
but since you will have it so, come along,
I will do my best!”

So Baba Mustapha got up to go with
him, and without shutting up his shop,
he led the thief to the spot where Mor-
giana had put the bandage over his eyes.
And here the thief, who had a handker-
chief ready, tied it over his eyes, and
walked by his side, partly leading him
and partly being led by him, till he
stopped.

‘The cobbler was in fact exactly before
the house which formerly belonged to
Cassim, and where Ali Baba now lived.
Before he took the bandage from his eyes,
the thief quickly made a mark on the
door with some chalk he had for the
purpose, and when he had taken it off he
asked him if he knew to whom the house
belonged. Baba Mustapha replied that
he did not live in that part of the town,
and could not tell him. As the thief
found he could gain nothing more from
Baba Mustapha, he thanked him for the
trouble he had taken, and when he left

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