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went to Haydarabad, but I know not what happened to him there, 
for I did not happen to meet him—and peace is the best of endings 
to everything. 
VIII. WINE, THE ROOT OF EVIL. 
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He exclaimed to himself, “ Assuredly!! I'll get food and drink in 
this house.” Going towards the house he found that it had four 
“T take refuge in God from murder!” He then went to another 
door and found some one standing there, keeping guard over 
a girl of fifteen years. s he was entering, the sentry stopped 
im saying, “Thou hast no permission to enter unless thou 
embracest this girl.” The Faqir exclaimed, “I take refuge im 
God from lechery!” He then went to the third door, and found 
one at the gate with wine. As as about to enter, he 
was stopped by the sentry, who said, * Thou hast no permission 
so he went to him with the wine, and said to him, 
cup.” He was given a draught. He then entered and found 
looking over the premises. He arrived at the gute “hee a 
little boy, and said to the guardian, “ What 1s thei ; . 
ian answered, e is here to be ed any one 
killed by 
who likes.”* The Fagir said, “I am the one to slay 
Now the wine was bataioe in his head, so he seized the boy by 
the neck and broke it. The boy died. : geo 
He then went to the gate where was the girl, i ng 
to the sentry, ‘‘ What is this girl ?” The sentry replied, * SI “ is for 
im who chooses.” The Faqir said, “ take her. 0 80, 
said the sen Then our friend went in to the damsel 
After that he repaired to the third gate where was the wine, 
2 The idea is that wine makes a man commr 
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Lit. ‘“‘ By God! it senseless crimes ; it 18 
sufficient to merely suggest a crime to a man in ariek. 
