Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1905.
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"O Commander of the Faithful," said the other, "shall I tell thee what I have seen with my eyes or what I have only heard tell?"
"If thou hast seen aught worth telling," replied the Khalif, "let us hear it: for report is not like eye-witness."
"O Commander of the Faithful," said the other, "lend me thine ear and thine heart."
"O Ibn Mensour," answered the Khalif, "behold I am listening to thee with mine ears, and looking at thee with mine eyes, and attending to thee with mine heart."