48 ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.

kettle, and shut the door. She put out
the large fire she had: made up for this
purpose, and only left enough to finish
boiling the broth for Ali Baba: She
then blew out the lamp and remained
perfectly silent, determined not to go to
bed until she had watched what would
happen, from a window of the kitchen
which overlooked the court.

Morgiana had scarcely waited a quarter
of an hour, when the Captain of the
robbers awoke. He got up, and open-
ing the window looked out; all was
dark, and silent; he gave the signal
by throwing the pebbles, many of which
fell on the jars, as the sound plainly
proved. He listened, but heard nothing
that could lead him to suppose his men
obeyed: the summons. He became un-
easy at this delay, and threw some
pebbles down a second, and even a third
time. ‘They all struck the jars, yet nothing
moved, and he was at a loss to account for
it. He went down into the court in the
utmost alarm, with as little noise as
possible ; and going up to the first jar, as
he was going to ask if the robber con-
tained in it, and whom he supposed still
living, was asleep, he smelt a strong scent
of hot and burning oil coming out of the