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Now, when the voice of the Vizier had ceased, Shibli Bagarag exclaimed, "O Vizier, this night, no later, I'll surprise Shagpat, and shave him while he sleepeth: and he shall wake shorn beside his spouse. Wullahy! I'll delay no longer, I, Shibli Bagarag."
Said the Vizier, "Thou?"