50 ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.

 

which was fastened with double bolts.
Fully satisfied and overjoyed at having so
well succeeded in securing the safety of
the whole family, she at length retired to
bed, and soon fell asleep.

Ali Baba went out before daybreak,
and repaired to the bath, followed by his
slave, totally ignorant of the surprising
event which had taken place in his house
during his sleep, for Morgiana had not
thought it necessary to wake him,
particularly as she-had no time to lose,
while she was engaged in her perilous
enterprise, and it was useless to dis-
turb him after she had averted the
danger.