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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: "What a silly spectacle shall I cut in the town with no money in
my purse and with such fine clothes upon my back." Once more the
Genie was summoned. "I should like," said the fagot-maker, "to
have a box full of money."
The Genie stretched out his hand, and in it was a casket of
mother-of-pearl inlaid with gold and full of money. "Has my lord
any further commands for his servant?" asked he.
"No," answered Abdallah. "Stop--I have, too," he added. "Yes; I
would like to have a young man to carry my money for me."
"He is here," said the Genie. And there stood a beautiful youth
clad in clothes of silver tissue, and holding a milk-white horse
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