And none is fittest for him but she * And none is fittest but he for her.'
Hereat Nur al-Din was abashed before the merchants；so he arose without stay or delay and weighed out the thousand dinars which he had left as a deposit with his father's friend the druggist；and taking the girl，carried her to the house wherein the Shaykh had lodged him.When she entered and saw nothing but ragged patched carpets and worn out rugs，she said to him，'O my lord；have I no value to thee and am I not worthy that thou shouldst bear me to thine own house and home wherein are thy goods，that thou bringest me into thy servant's lodging？ Why dost thou not carry me to thy father's dwelling？'