Such was the case with King Shahriman；but as regards Kamar al Zaman，when the night came upon him the eunuch set the lanthorn before him and lighting the waxcandle，placed it in the candlestick；then brought him somewhat of food. The Prince ate a little and continually reproached himself for his unseemly treatment of his father，saying to himself，'O my soul，knowest thou not that a son of Adam is the hostage of his tongue，and that a man's tongue is what casteth him into deadly perils？'Then his eyes ran over with tears and he bewailed that which he had done，from anguished vitals and aching heart，repenting him with exceeding repentance of the wrong wherewith he had wronged his father and repeating，'Fair youth shall die by stumbling of the tongue：
Stumble of foot works not man's life such wrong：
The slip of lip shall oft smite off the head，
While slip of foot shall never harm one long.'
Now when he had made an end of eating，he asked for the wherewithal to wash his hands and when the Mameluke had washed them clean of the remnants of food，he arose and made the Wuzuablution and prayed the prayers of sundown and nightfall，conjoining them in one；after which he sat down.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
When it was the Hundred and Seventysixth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when the Prince Kamar alZaman had prayed （conjoining them in one） the prayers of sundown and nightfall，he sat down on the well and began reciting the Koran，and he repeated 'The Cow，'the 'House of Imran，'and 'Y. S.；'The Compassionate，'Blessed be the King，'Unity'and 'The two Talismans'[237]；and he ended with blessing and supplication and with saying，'I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the stoned.'[238] Then he lay down upon his couch which was covered with a mattress of satin from al