>>49652428 (OP)
There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just
now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I
turned I saw it was Nareko that had jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and
avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Nareko will not find me. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as
fast as the horse could gallop he went. Then the merchant went down to the
marketplace and saw Nareko standing in the crowd and he came to her and said, "Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?"
"That was not a threatening gesture!!! she said, "it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight"
"in Samarra"
