ABSTRACT

The servant, hearing this, ran back and said :— “ This horseman will not budge to-night and saith As much in many words.”

Said Baráhám :— “ Go instantly and say : ‘ This house is small. The Jew is very poor and every night Reposeth, bare and hungry, on the ground.’ ”

They gave the message, and Bahrám Gúr said :—

“ If here my lodging will prove troublesome I will not enter but will sleep outside The door, ’tis all I want.”