`` Do you not know , '' was the answer , `` that the son of the Grand Vizier is to marry the Sultan 's daughter to-night ? '' 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 . '' `` Master , I obey , '' said the genie . Aladdin then went to his chamber , where , sure enough , at midnight the genie transported the bed containing the Vizier 's son and the Princess . `` Take this new-married man , '' he said , `` and put him outside in the cold , and return at daybreak . '' Whereupon the genie took the Vizier 's son out of bed , leaving Aladdin with the Princess . `` Fear nothing , '' Aladdin said to her ; `` you are my wife , promised to me by your unjust father , and no harm shall come to you . '' The Princess was too frightened to speak , and passed the most miserable night of her life , while Aladdin lay down beside her and slept soundly . At the appointed hour the genie fetched in the shivering bridegroom , laid him in his place , and transported the bed back to the palace . Presently the Sultan came to wish his daughter good-morning . The unhappy Vizier 's son jumped up and hid himself , while the Princess would not say a word , and was very sorrowful . The Sultan sent her mother to her , who said : `` How comes it , child , that you will not speak to your father ? What has happened ? '' The Princess sighed deeply , and at last told her mother how , during the night , the bed had been carried into some strange house , and what had passed there . Her mother did not believe her in the least , but bade her rise and consider it an idle dream . The following night exactly the same thing happened , and next morning , on the Princess 's refusal to speak , the Sultan threatened to cut off her head . She then confessed all , bidding him to ask the Vizier 's son if it were not so .
The Sultan told the Vizier to ask his son , who owned the truth , adding XXXXX , dearly as he loved the Princess , he had rather die than go through another such fearful night , and wished to be separated from her .
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