Her mother loves her so dearly that she has no ease but in her presence , and she will give her to no one in marriage . Teach her to love you so that she can not exist without you . But if the matter becomes known to her mother she will have you burned in the fire . Then you must beg , as a last favour , that your body may be anointed with oil so that you may burn the more quickly and be spared torture . If the peri-king allows this favour , we two will manage to be your anointers , and we will put an oil on you such that if you were a thousand years in the fire not a trace of burning would remain . '' ` In the end the two peris took me to the girl 's house . I saw her sleeping daintily . She was most lovely , and I was so amazed at the perfection of her beauty that I stood with senses lost , and did not know if she were real or a dream . When at last I saw that she was a real girl , I returned thanks that I , the runner , had come to my goal , and that I , the seeker , had found my treasure . ` When the peri opened her eyes she asked in affright : `` Who are you ? Have you come to steal ? How did you get here ? Be quick ! save yourself from this whirlpool of destruction , for the demons and peris . who guard me will wake and seize you . '' ` But love 's arrow had struck me deep , and the girl , too , looked kindly on me . I could not go away . For some months I remained hidden in her house . ` We did not dare to let her mother know of our love . Sometimes the girl was very sad and fearful lest her mother should come to know .
One day her father said to her : `` Sweetheart , for some time I have noticed that your XXXXX is not what it was .
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