“I say,” answers the favorite, “that Kermades is one of the most disagreeable persons of Congo; that interest and the authority of the parents made that match; and that there never was a couple worse sorted than Kermades and Zaide.”

“But, madam,” replies Mangogul, “it is not her husband that she loves⁠—”

“Who then?” says Mirzoza.

“ ’Tis Zuleiman,” replies Mangogul.

“Adieu then to the Porcelains and the little Sapajou,” added the Sultana.