When it was the One Hundred and Seventythird Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that Shahriman having accepted the counsel of his Wazir，waited for another year and a great festival，a day of state when the audience hall was filled with his Emirs and Wazirs and Grandees of his reign and Officers of State and Captains of might and main. Thereupon he sent for his son Kamar alZaman who came，and kissing the ground before him three times，stood in presence of his sire with his hands behind his back the right grasping the left.[233] Then said the King to him，'Know O my son，that I have not sent for thee on this occasion and summoned thee to appear before this assembly and all these officers of estate here awaiting our orders save and except that I may lay a commandment on thee，wherein do thou not disobey me；and my commandment is that thou marry，for I am minded to wed thee to a King's daughter and rejoice in thee ere I die.'When the Prince heard this much from his royal sire，he bowed his head groundwards awhile，then raising it towards his father and being moved thereto at that time by youthful folly and boyish ignorance，replied，'But for myself I will never marry；no，not though I drink the cup of death！ As for thee，thou art great in age and small of wit：hast thou not，twice ere this day and before this occasion，questioned me of the matter of marriage and I refused my consent？ Indeed thou dotest and are not fit to govern a flock of sheep！'So saying Kamar alZaman unclasped his hands from behind his back and tucked up his sleeves above his elbows before his father，being in a fit of fury；moreover，he added many words to his sire，knowing not what he said in the trouble of his spirits. The King was confounded and ashamed，for that this befel in the presence of his grandees and soldierofficers assembled on a high festival and a state occasion；but presently the majesty of Kingship took him，and he cried out at his son and made him tremble. Then he called to the guards standing before him and said，'Seize him！'So they came forward and laid hands on him and，binding him，brought him before his sire，who bade them pinion his elbows behind his back and in this guise make him stand before the presence. And the Prince bowed down his head for fear and apprehension，and his brow and face were beaded and spangled with sweat；and shame and confusion troubled him sorely.
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