Whereupon sorrow and concern and sore vexation overcame me and my exceeding chagrin so troubled me that I awoke，mourning and lamenting for the loss of the jewel.At once on awaking I summoned the interpreters and expounders of dreams and declared to them my dream，[156] and they said to me：'Thou hast seven daughters，the youngest of whom thou wilt lose，and she will be taken from thee perforce，without thy will.'Now thou，O my girl，art the youngest and dearest of my daughters and the most affectionate of them to me，and look'ye thou art about to journey to thy sister，and I know not what may befal thee from her；so go thou not；but return to thy palace.'But when the Princess heard her father's words，her heart fluttered and she feared for her children and bent earthwards her head awhile： then she raised it and said to her sire，'O King，Queen Nur al-Huda hath made ready for me an entertainment and awaiteth my coming to her，hour by hour.These four years she hath not seen me and if I delay to visit her，she will be wroth with me.The utmost of my stay with her shall be a month and then I will return to thee.Besides，who is the mortal who can travel our land and make his way to the Islands of Wak？ Who can gain access to the White Country and the Black Mountain and come to the Land of Camphor and the Castle of Crystal，and how shall he traverse the Island of Birds and the Wady of Wild Beasts and the Valley of the Jann and enter our Islands？ If any stranger came hither，he would be drowned in the seas of destruction： so be of good cheer and eyes without a tear anent my journey；for none may avail to tread our earth.'And she ceased not to persuade him，till he deigned give her leave to depart.--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
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