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you nor anybody else any harm. He is dead.”
“Ah, Morgiana!” said Ali Baba, “what is it
you show me? Explain yourself.” “TI will,” -re-
plied Morgiana. ‘‘ Moderate your astonishment,
and do not excite the curiosity of your neigh-
bours; for it is of great importance to keep this
affair secret. Look into all the other jars.”

Ali Baba examined all the other jars, one after
another; and when he came to that which had
the oil in, found it prodigiously sunk, and stood
for some time motionless, sometimes looking at
the jars, and sometimes at Morgiana, without
saying a word, so great was his surprise. At last,
when he had recovered himself, he said, “And
what is become of the merchant?”

‘*Merchant!” answered she, “he is as much
one as Tam. I will tell you who he is, and what
is become of him; but you had better hear the
story in your own chamber; for it is time for
your health that you had your broth after your
bathing.”

While Ali Baba retired to his chamber, Mor-
giana went into the kitchen to fetch the broth,
but before he would drink it he first entreated
her to satisfy his impatience, and tell him what
had happened, with all the circumstances; and
she obeyed him.