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driven quite out of his memory “Princess said he I ought to have delivered a message which I bring you from King Anu Shah He has been seized with a violent longing for your society and is anxious to obtain your acquaintance He says you have lived a long time in his vicinity without taking any notice of him and asks why you and he should not be better acquainted and now, if he can obtain your permission he proposes to pay you a visit of ceremony Gheti Afroz said Very good, the same idea has often occurred to myself, but its execution has always been deferred from time to time Enjoy the feast and quaff the wine till I have dismissed this Perizada when I will give you an answer” Then turning to the Perizada Has Ansar Shah no sense of pride that he will still persist in teasing me with messages Are not the harshness of my answer and the ignominious manner which I dismissed the Vizir sufficient to convince him that I have completely renounced his allegiance He is provoked by my conduct and I am full of resentment of him Go this is your answer If Asar Shah be inclined to send his host against me tell him to do it

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