سندبادنامه 205.7

205.7

Story of the soldier, the beloved, and the apprentice
said, “At any moment your husband will enter and pick a quarrel with me, and
clamor and commotion will arise between us, and he will cling to my skirt and collar; and if this word
reaches the ear of the governor, he will subject me to reprimand and reproach, severity and censuring, unless […]”
[‘unless] you hide me in this upper chamber!’ Since the woman had already hidden the boy in the upper chamber, she was perplexed.
She said: ‘Fear not! Draw your sword from its sheath, and with rage and boldness open the door,
and go out, cursing me and my husband, and pay heed to no one,
and be on your way!’ The soldier did just that: he went out the door of the house with his sword drawn
and his arms spread wide, and was saying in a loud voice: ‘Right now,
this affair shall be dealt with, and the recompense of each one's deeds duly delivered,
so that before the sultan’s throne I shall have no need of chamberlain or doorkeeper!’ And of this
sort of dreadful nonsense and misleading words he was uttering as he went. When the husband saw his bewilderment
and rashness, and heard his threatening words, he said to himself: ‘Perhaps this man
has mistaken the house, and against what Muslim has he mounted a sudden assault? And we take refuge
with God from the evil of this rebellious devil, the obstinate tyrant!’ And he entered the house in astonishment,
and said to his wife: ‘What is this clamour and noise, and what state of affairs is this? Who was this man,
and what was this shouting and commotion for?’ The woman ran forward and said: ‘O husband!