The Sultan then turned to Aladdin 's mother , saying : `` Good woman , a Sultan must remember his promises , and I will remember mine , but your son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels , carried by forty black slaves , led by as many white ones , splendidly dressed . Tell him that I await his answer . '' The mother of Aladdin bowed low and went home , thinking all was lost . She gave Aladdin the message , adding : `` He may wait long enough for your answer ! '' `` Not so long , mother , as you think , '' her son replied . `` I would do a great deal more than that for the Princess . '' He summoned the genie , and in a few moments the eighty slaves arrived , and filled up the small house and garden . Aladdin made them set out to the palace , two and two , followed by his mother . They were so richly dressed , with such splendid jewels in their girdles , that everyone crowded to see them and the basins of gold they carried on their heads . They entered the palace , and , after kneeling before the Sultan , stood in a half-circle round the throne with their arms crossed , while Aladdin 's mother presented them to the Sultan . He hesitated no longer , but said : `` Good woman , return and tell your son that I wait for him with open arms . '' She lost no time in telling Aladdin , bidding him make haste . But Aladdin first called the genie . `` I want a scented bath , '' he said , `` a richly embroidered habit , a horse surpassing the Sultan 's , and twenty slaves to attend me . Besides this , six slaves , beautifully dressed , to wait on my mother ; and lastly , ten thousand pieces of gold in ten purses . '' No sooner said than done . Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets , the slaves strewing gold as they went . Those who had played with him in his childhood knew him not , he had grown so handsome . When the Sultan saw him he came down from his throne , embraced him , and led him into a hall where a feast was spread , intending to marry him to the Princess that very day . But Aladdin refused , saying , `` I must build a palace fit for her , '' and took his leave .
Once home , he said XXXXX the genie : `` Build me a palace of the finest marble , set with jasper , agate , and other precious stones .
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