'
The magician, who came not to act a sick part long, but only to
discover Prince Ahmed's retreat, and what made him leave his
father's court, being fully satisfied in what she wanted to know,
would willingly have declared that the potion had had its effects
then, so great was her desire to return to the sultan, and inform
him of the success of her commission; but as she had been told that
the potion did not operate immediately, she was forced to await the
women's return.
The two women came again at the time they said they should, and
found the magician up and dressed, and seated on the sofa; when she
saw them open the door she cried out, 'Oh, the admirable potion! it
has wrought its cure much sooner than you told me it would, and I
have waited a long time with impatience, to desire you to take me
to your charitable mistress to thank her for her kindness, for
which I shall always be obliged to her. Being thus cured as by a
miracle, I had rather not lose time, but continue my journey.'
The two women, who were fairies as well as their mistress, after
they had told the magician how glad they were that she was cured so
soon, walked before her, and conducted her through several
apartments into a large hall, the most richly and magnificently
furnished of all the palace.
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