Indeed，this is not allowed of God the Most High.' Then they rose against the Magian and slew his servants and all who were with him；which when he saw，he made sure of death and feared for himself.So he loosed Hasan from his bonds and pulling off the ragged clothes the youth had on，clad him in others；and made excuses to him and promised to teach him the craft and restore him to his native land，saying，'O my son，return me not evil for that I have done with thee.' Quoth Hasan，'How can I ever rely upon thee again？'；and quoth Bahram，'O my son，but for sin；there were no pardon.Indeed，I did all these doings with thee；but to try thy patience，and thou knowest that the case is altogether in the hands of Allah.' So the crew and captain rejoiced in Hasan's release，and he called down blessings on them and praised the Almighty and thanked Him.With this the wind was stilled and the sky cleared and with a fair breeze they continued their voyage.Then said Hasan to Bahram，'O Master，[29]
whither wendest thou？' Replied the Magian，'O，my son，I am bound for the Mountain of Clouds，where is the Elixir which we use in alchemy.' And the Guebre swore to him by the Fire and the Light that he had no longer any cause to fear him.So Hasan's heart was set at ease and rejoicing at the Persian's words，he continued to eat and drink and sleep with the Magian，who clad him in his own raiment.They ceased not sailing on other three months，when the ship came to anchor off a long shoreline of many coloured pebbles，white and yellow and sky-blue and black and every other hue，and the Magian sprang up and said，'O Hasan；come，let us go ashore for we have reached the place of our wish and will.' So Hasan rose and landed with Bahram，after the Persian had commended his goods to the captain's care.They walked on inland，till they were far enough from the ship to be out of sight，when Bahram sat down and taking from his pocket a kettle-drum[30] of copper and a silken strap，worked in gold with characts，beat the drum with the strap，until there arose a cloud of dust from the further side of the waste.Hasan marvelled at the Magian's doings and was afraid of him： he repented of having come ashore with him and his colour changed.