He drove the two asses laden with gold into his own yard , and led the other to Cassim 's house . The door was opened by the slave Morgiana , whom he knew to be both brave and cunning . Unloading the ass , he said to her : `` This is the body of your master , who has been murdered , but whom we must bury as though he had died in his bed . I will speak with you again , but now tell your mistress I am come . '' The wife of Cassim , on learning the fate of her husband , broke out into cries and tears , but Ali Baba offered to take her to live with him and his wife if she would promise to keep his counsel and leave everything to Morgiana ; whereupon she agreed , and dried her eyes . Morgiana , meanwhile , sought an apothecary and asked him for some lozenges . `` My poor master , '' she said , `` can neither eat nor speak , and no one knows what his distemper is . '' She carried home the lozenges and returned next day weeping , and asked for an essence only given to those just about to die . Thus , in the evening , no one was surprised to hear the wretched shrieks and cries of Cassim 's wife and Morgiana , telling everyone that Cassim was dead . The day after Morgiana went to an old cobbler near the gates of the town who opened his stall early , put a piece of gold in his hand , and bade him follow her with his needle and thread . Having bound his eyes with a handkerchief , she took him to the room where the body lay , pulled off the bandage , and bade him sew the quarters together , after which she covered his eyes again and led him home . Then they buried Cassim , and Morgiana his slave followed him to the grave , weeping and tearing her hair , while Cassim 's wife stayed at home uttering lamentable cries . Next day she went to live with Ali Baba , who gave Cassim 's shop to his eldest son . The Forty Thieves , on their return to the cave , were much astonished to find Cassim 's body gone and some of their money-bags . `` We are certainly discovered , '' said the Captain , `` and shall be undone if we can not find out who it is that knows our secret . Two men must have known it ; we have killed one , we must now find the other . To this end one of you who is bold and artful must go into the city dressed as a traveler , and discover whom we have killed , and whether men talk of the strange manner of his death . If the messenger fails he must lose his life , lest we be betrayed . '' One of the thieves started up and offered to do this , and after the rest had highly commended him for his bravery he disguised himself , and happened to enter the town at daybreak , just by Baba Mustapha 's stall . The thief bade him good-day , saying : `` Honest man , how can you possibly see to stitch at your age ? ''
`` Old as I am , '' replied the cobbler , `` I have very good XXXXX , and will you believe me when I tell you that I sewed a dead body together in a place where I had less light than I have now . ''
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