nations of the sultan's and Aladdin's palaces,
made it as light as day.

At length the princess arrived at the new palace and Aladdin ran with
all imaginable joy to receive her at the grand entrance. His mother had
taken care to point him out to the princess, in the midst of the
officers who surrounded him, and she was charmed with his person.
"Adorable princess," said Aladdin, accosting her, and saluting her
respectfully, as soon as she had entered her apartment, "if I have the
misfortune to have displeased you by my boldness in aspiring to the
possession of so lovely a creature, I must tell you, that you ought to
blame your bright eyes and charms, not me." "Prince," answered the
princess, "I am obedient to the will of my father; and it is enough for
me to have seen you, to tell you that I obey without reluctance."

Aladdin, charmed with so agreeable an answer, would not keep the
princess standing; but took her by the hand, which he kissed with the
greatest demonstration of joy, and led her into a large hall,
illuminated with an infinite number of wax candles; where, by the care
of the genie, a noble feast was served up. The dishes were of massy
gold, and contained the most delicate viands, and all the other
ornaments and embellishments of the hall were answerable to this
display. The princess, dazzled to see so much riches, said to Aladdin:
"I thought, prince, that nothing in the world was so beautiful as the
sultan my father's palace, but the sight of this hall alone is
sufficient to shew I was deceived."

Then Aladdin led the princess to the place appointed for her, and as
soon as she and his mother were seated, a band of the most harmonious
instruments, accompanied with the voices of beautiful ladies, began a
concert, which lasted without intermission to the end of the repast. The
princess was so charmed, that she declared she had never heard anything
like it in the sultan her father's court; but she knew not that these
musicians were fairies chosen by the genie, the slave of the lamp.

When the supper was ended, there entered a company of female dancers,
who performed, according to the custom of the country, several figure
dances, singing at the same time verses in praise of the bride and
bridegroom. About midnight the happy pair retired to their apartments
and the nuptial ceremonies were at an end.

The next morning, when Aladdin arose, his attendants presented
themselves to dress him, and brought him anothe