Then he arose and made ready and took all he needed and awaited the coming of the night to resume his voyage，saying to the sailors，'Provide yourselves with your things and fill your waterskins，that we may set sail at the last of the night.'So the sailors did their business and awaited the coming of darkness. Such was their case；but as regards Queen Marjanah，when she had brought As'ad into the castle，she opened the casements overlooking the sea and bade her handmaids bring food.
They set food before As'ad and herself and both ate，after which the Queen called for wine.And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the Two Hundred and Thirtyfifth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when Queen Marjanah bade her handmaids bring wine and they set it before her，she fell to drinking with As'ad. Now，Allah （be He extolled and exalted！） filled her heart with love for the Prince and she kept filling his cup and handing it to him till his reason fled；
and presently he rose and left the hall to satisfy a call of nature. As he passed out of the saloon he saw an open door through which he went and walked on till his walk brought him to a vast garden full of all manner fruits and flowers；and，sitting down under a tree，he did his occasion. Then he rose and went up to a jetting fountain in the garden and made the lesser ablution and washed his hands and face，after which he would have risen to go away；but the air smote him and he fell back，with his clothes undone and slept，and night overcame him thus. So far concerning him；but as concerns Bahram，the night being come，he cried out to his crew，saying，'Set sail and let us away！'；and the'answered，'We hear and obey，but wait till we fill our water
skins and then we will set sail.'So they landed with their water skins and went round about the castle，and found nothing but gardenwalls： whereupon they climbed over into the garden and followed the track of feet，which led them to the fountain；and there they found As'ad lying on his back. They knew him and were glad to find him；and，after filling their waterskins，they bore him off and climbed the wall again with him and carried him back in haste to Bahram to whom they said，'Hear the good tidings of thy winning thy wish；and gladden thy heart and beat thy drums and sound thy pipes；for thy prisoner，whom Queen Marjanah took from thee by force，we have found and brought back to thee'；and they threw As'ad down before him. When Bahram saw him，his heart leapt for joy and his breast swelled with gladness. Then he bestowed largesse on the sailors and bade them set sail in haste.