Hereupon the sister of Scheherazade, as I have it from the
"Isitsoornot," expressed no very particular intensity of
gratification; but the king, having been sufficiently pinched, at
length ceased snoring, and finally said, "hum!" and then "hoo!" when
the queen, understanding these words (which are no doubt Arabic) to
signify that he was all attention, and would do his best not to
snore any more- the queen, I say, having arranged these matters to her
satisfaction, re-entered thus, at once, into the history of Sinbad the
sailor:
"'At length, in my old age, [these are the words of Sinbad
himself, as retailed by Scheherazade]- 'at length, in my old age,
and after enjoying many years of tranquillity at home, I became once
more possessed of a desire of visiting foreign countries; and one day,
without acquainting any of my family with my design, I packed up
some bundles of such merchandise as was most precious and least bulky,
and, engaged a porter to carry them, went with him down to the
sea-shore, to await the arrival of any chance vessel that might convey
me out of the kingdom into some region which I had not as yet
explored.
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