سندبادنامه 239.6

239.6

exceedingly unchivalrous and reckless. When he saw that the woman and the grocer were both busy in pleasure,
and the woman was heedless of her veil, he untied the corner of the veil, took away the rice and sugar,
and tied a piece of earth into the veil. When the business reached its end and the affair
of privacy was concluded, the woman hastily came out of the shop and set off towards home,
and laid the veil, still tied, before the peasant. The peasant untied the corner of the veil and looked,
and saw some earth tied in it. He said: "O woman, I see earth!" When the woman
saw that earth, she was astounded and thoughtful. On the spur of the moment she went into the house, brought out a sieve,
began placing the earth into it, and started sifting the earth. The man said: