“Without reckoning their reputation and virtue, sir,” added Mirzoza. “I cannot tell what benefit you will reap by your ring; but the more you try it, the more odious my sex becomes to me: even those, whom I thought I justly held in some esteem, are not expected. They have thrown me me into such an humor, that I beg your highness will allow me to indulge it alone for some moments.” Mangogul, who knew that the favorite was an enemy to all constraint, kiss’d her right ear thrice, and retired.

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