"What!" cried the vizier's lady, "can you so calmly ask that. question, after my son has been with you alone in your chamber? Can there happen a greater misfortune to him or me?"
"I beseech you, madam," replied the fair slave, "what prejudice can this action of Noor ad Deen's do to you or him?"
"How," returned the vizier's lady, "did not my husband tell you that you were designed for the king, and sufficiently caution you to beware of our son?"