human
All, O my master, he replied;
gpt
human
Sayest thou so? I cried.
gpt
Tell me, I pray thee, the name of the owner of these goods. And he replied,
human
His name was Sindbad the Sailor, and he was drowned on our way hither.
gpt
O my master, I am he; and they are my goods that are in thy hold. But he neither recognised me nor believed my words; whereupon I narrated to him the history of my supposed death; but he shook his head and called upon Allah to witness that there was neither faith nor conscience in any.
human
Look you! he said.
gpt
Thou heardst me say the owner was dead, and therefore thou desirest the goods for thyself free of price. I tell thee we saw him sink into the sea with many others.
human
O my master, I answered,
gpt
With this I narrated to him many trivial things which happened before we reached the great-fish island, and which could never be known to me had I not been on the ship. And then it was that he and many of the merchants regarded me with fixed looks and recognised me.
human
By Allah! said they one and all,