` Did you part company with the man who started with you ? ' ` Yes ; after three days he got so weak and useless he could not go on . It must be a month by now since he reached home again . I went on and visited every castle , and looked in every house . But there were no signs of her ; and so I gave it up . ' And they answered him : ` We told you before that it was no good . An ogre or an ogress must have snapped her up , and how can you expect to find her ? ' ' I loved her too much to be still , ' he said . But his friends did not understand , and soon they spoke to him again about it . ` We will seek for a wife for you . There are plenty of girls prettier than Dschemila . ' ' I dare say ; but I do n't want them . ' ` But what will you do with all the cushions and carpets , and beautiful things you bought for your house ? ' ` They can stay in the chests . ' ` But the moths will eat them ! For a few weeks , it is of no consequence , but after a year or two they will be quite useless . ' ` And if they have to lie there ten years I will have Dschemila , and her only , for my wife . For a month , or even two months , I will rest here quietly . Then I will go and seek her afresh . ' ` Oh , you are quite mad !
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