"The great prince Aladdin."
"Don't know 'im. Prince 'oo?"
"Aladdin."
"What—the pantomime feller? Lor', you must be gettin' on in years! Well, now, did this chap give yer a reference?"
The spirit looked puzzled, and Alf decided that in Aladdin's time servants could not have had characters. He continued his catechism.
"An' what's yer name, mate?"
"Abdulkindeelilajeeb was I aforetime, O Master, but now I am called Abdulzirrilajeeb."
"Gorblimey," said Alf blankly. "You don't expect me to do that when I speaks to yer, I 'ope!" Then after a pause he added, "I shall call yer Eustace."
The djinn looked pleased.
"In truth, O possessor of wisdom, it is a lordly name."