" The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in
the napkin, whereupon she unfolded the jewels and presented them.
He was thunderstruck, and turning to the vizier, said: "What
sayest thou? Ought I not to bestow the Princess on one who
values her at such a price?" The Vizier, who wanted her for his
own son, begged the Sultan to withhold her for three months, in
the course of which he hoped his son could contrive to make him a
richer present. The Sultan granted this, and told Aladdin's
mother that, though he consented to the marriage, she must not
appear before him again for three months.
Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months, but after two
had elapsed, his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found
everyone rejoicing, and asked what was going on. "Do you not
know," was the answer, "that the son of the Grand Vizier is to
marry the Sultan's daughter tonight?" Breathless she ran and told
Aladdin, who was overwhelmed at first, but presently bethought
him of the lamp. He rubbed it and the genie appeared, saying:
"What is thy will?" Aladdin replied: "The Sultan, as thou knowest,
has broken his promise to me, and the vizier's son is to have
the Princess. My command is that to-night you bring hither
the bride and bridegroom.
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