At this point I ran up and told him that if he did not give me half its price I would report him to the Cadi ; he agreed , and conducting me to his house produced four hundred sequins , which he said was my share , and having got what I wanted I went away . ` As it was the hour for attending on my lord I returned home and accompanied you to the Cadi , where I heard the story of the three Jews and learned the importance of the two watches I had left at the stranger 's . I hastened to his house , but he had gone out , and I could only find the slave , whom I told that I was the bearer of important news for his master . Believing me to be one of his friends , he begged me to wait , and showed me into a room where I saw the two watches lying on the table . I put them in my pocket , leaving the four hundred sequins in place of the gold watch and three gold pieces which I knew to be the price of the other . As you know the watches never remain with the person who buys them , this man may think himself very lucky to get back his money . I have wound them both up , and at this instant Aurora and Argentine are locked safely into my own room . ' Everybody was so delighted to hear this news that Azemi was nearly stifled with their embraces , and Neangir could hardly be prevented from running to break in the door , though he did not even know where the page slept . But the page begged to have the honour of fetching the ladies himself , and soon returned leading them by the hand . For some minutes all was a happy confusion , and Ibrahim took advantage of it to fall on his knees before Aurora , and search in the fifth fold of her dress for the missing coral bead . The Book of Spells had told the truth ; there it was , and as the chaplet was now complete the young man 's days of seeking were over . In the midst of the general rejoicing Hassan alone bore a gloomy face . ` Alas ! ' he said , ` everyone is happy but the miserable being you see before you . I have lost the only consolation in my grief , which was to feel that I had a brother in misfortune ! ' ` Be comforted , ' replied the Bassa ; ` sooner or later the dervish who stole the pink bag is sure to be found . ' Supper was then served , and after they had all eaten of rare fruits which seemed to them the most delicious in the whole world , the Bassa ordered the flask containing the elixir of love to be brought and the young people to drink of it . Then their eyes shone with a new fire , and they swore to be true to each other till death . This ceremony was scarcely over when the clock struck one , and in an instant Aurora and Argentine had vanished , and in the place where they stood lay two watches . Silence fell upon all the company -- they had forgotten the enchantment ; then the voice of Azemi was heard asking if he might be allowed to take charge of the watches till the next day , pledging his head to end their enchantment .
With the consent of Sumi , this was granted , and the Bassa gave Azemi a purse containing a thousand sequins , as a reward XXXXX the services he had already rendered to them .
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