human
O my son, who can put trust in a King? When I went to buy oil, I found that the Sultan had proclaimed a holiday, and all the shops were closed except one. Tush! There is no faith in Sultans!
gpt
How now, O my mother? answered Aladdin.
human
Treason hath a loud voice. With the Sultan and the Grand Vizier, _hush_! What ails thee? Thy hand is a-tremble. And she answered him:
gpt
O my son, there is no faith nor trust but in God. Said I not to thee that the Grand Vizier was thine enemy? Out on him and the Sultan, for their word is but hot wind, and there is no faith in the promise of a King.
human
I see by thy face and by thy speech, said Aladdin,
gpt
What now, O my son? she said.
human
Is thy bitterness of feeling gone? What gift wilt thou send the wedded pair? Peradventure another bowl of jewels? She spoke mockingly for she wanted him to spend his wrath and save his reason.
gpt
Nay, O my mother, replied Aladdin lightly;
human
Thou hast invoked me: what is thy desire? I am the Slave of the Lamp in thy hand and am here to do thy bidding. And Aladdin answered:
gpt
Know, O Slave of the Lamp, that the Sultan promised me his daughter for my wife, but he has broken his word, and this night she is to be united with the Grand Vizier's son; wherefore I wish that, as soon as the pair retire, thou take them up, with the couch whereon they lie, and bring them hither to me.
human
I hear and obey,