'When he heard her words,his heart fluttered and he knew not their inner meaning; but Aziz made a sign to him and he replied,'I have everything thou canst desire and especially I have goods that besit none but Kings and King's daughters; so tell me what stuff thou wantest and for whom,that I may show thee what will be fitting for him.'This he said,that he might learn the meaning of her words; and she rejoined,'I want a stuff fit for the Princess Dunya,daughter of King Shahriman.'Now when the Prince heard the name of his beloved,he joyed with great joy and said to Aziz,'Give me such a parcel.'So Aziz brought it and opened it before Taj alMuluk who said to the old woman,'Select what will suit her; for these goods are to be found only with me.'She chose stuffs worth a thousand dinars and asked,'How much is this?'; and she ceased not the while to talk with him and rub what was inside her thighs with the palm of her hand.
Answered Taj alMuluk,'Shall I haggle with the like of thee about this paltry price?Praised be Allah who hath acquainted me with thee!'The old woman rejoined,'Allah's name be upon thee!
I commend thy beautiful face to the protection of the Lord of the Daybreak.[29] Beautiful face and eloquent speech! Happy she who lieth in thy bosom and claspeth thy waist in her arms and enjoyeth thy youth,especially if she be beautiful and lovely like thyself!'At this,Taj alMuluk laughed till he fell on his back and said to himself,'O Thou who fulfillest desires human by means of pimping old women! They are the true fulfillers of desires!'Then she asked,'O my son,what is thy name?'and he answered,'My name is Taj alMuluk,the Crown of Kings.'Quoth she,'This is indeed a name of Kings and King's sons and thou art clad in merchant's clothes.'Quoth Aziz,'for the love his parents and family bore him and for the value they set on him,they named him thus.'Replied the old woman,'Thou sayest sooth,Allah guard you both from the evil eye and the envious,though hearts be broken by your charms!'Then she took the stuffs and went her way; but she was amazed at his beauty and stature and symmetry,and she ceased not going till she found the Lady Dunya and said to her,'O my mistress! I have brought thee some handsome stuffs.'Quoth the Princess,'Show me that same'; and the old woman,'O apple of my eye,here it is,turn it over and examine it.'Now when the Princess looked at it she was amazed and said,'O my nurse,this is indeed handsome stuff: I have never seen its like in our city.'O my lady,'replied the old nurse,'he who sold it me is handsomer still.It would seem as if Rizwan had left the gates of Paradise open in his carelessness,and as if the youth who sold me this stuff had come bodily out of Heaven.I would he might sleep this night with thee and might lie between thy breasts.[30] He hath come to thy city with these precious stuffs for amusement's sake,and he is a temptation to all who set eyes on him.'The Princess laughed at her words and said,'Allah afflict thee,O pernicious old hag!