After this everybody went to his own apartment . Azemi had never possessed so much money before , and never closed his eyes for joy the whole night long . Very early he got up and went into the garden , thinking how he could break the enchantment of the daughters of Siroco . Suddenly the soft tones of a woman fell on his ear , and peeping through the bushes he saw Tezila , who was arranging flowers in her sister 's hair . The rustling of the leaves caused Dely to start ; she jumped up as if to fly , but Azemi implored her to remain and begged her to tell him what happened to them after the death of their lovers , and how they had come to find the dervish . ` The punishment decreed to us by the Queen Okimpare , ' answered Dely , ` was that we were to dance and sing in the midst of our sorrow , at a great fête which was to be held that very day for all her people . This cruel command nearly turned our brains , and we swore a solemn oath to make all lovers as wretched as we were ourselves . In this design we succeeded so well that in a short time the ladies of the capital came in a body to Okimpare , and prayed her to banish us from the kingdom , before their lives were made miserable for ever . She consented , and commanded us to be placed on board a ship , with our slave Gouloucou . ` On the shore we saw an old man who was busily engaged in drowning some little black pigs , talking to them all the while , as if they could understand him . -LSB- Illustration : The Dervish drowning the Pigs -RSB- ' `` Accursed race , '' said he , `` it is you who have caused all the misfortunes of him to whom I gave the magic bracelet . Perish all of you ! '' ` We drew near from curiosity , and recognised in him the dervish who had sheltered us on our first escape from the caravan . ` When the old man discovered who we were he was beside himself with pleasure , and offered us a refuge in the cave where he lived . We gladly accepted his offer , and to the cave we all went , taking with us the last little pig , which he gave us as a present . ' `` The Bassa of the Sea , '' he added , `` will pay you anything you like to ask for it . '' ` Without asking why it was so precious I took the pig and placed it in my work bag , where it has been ever since . Only yesterday we offered it to the Bassa , who laughed at us , and this so enraged us against the dervish that we cut off his beard when he was asleep , and now he dare not show himself . ' ` Ah , ' exclaimed the page , ` it is not fitting that such beauty should waste itself in making other people miserable . Forget the unhappy past and think only of the future .
And accept , I pray you , this watch , to mark the brighter hours XXXXX store . '
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