`` He is an honest man , Morgiana , '' returned her master ; `` therefore do as I bid you . '' But she could not withstand a desire to see this strange man , so she helped Abdallah to carry up the dishes , and saw in a moment that Cogia Hassan was the robber Captain , and carried a dagger under his garment . `` I am not surprised , '' she said to herself , `` that this wicked man , who intends to kill my master , will eat no salt with him ; but I will hinder his plans . '' She sent up the supper by Abdallah , while she made ready for one of the boldest acts that could be thought on . When the dessert had been served , Cogia Hassan was left alone with Ali Baba and his son , whom he thought to make drunk and then to murder them . Morgiana , meanwhile , put on a head-dress like a dancing-girl 's , and clasped a girdle round her waist , from which hung a dagger with a silver hilt , and said to Abdallah : `` Take your tabor , and let us go and divert our master and his guest . '' Abdallah took his tabor and played before Morgiana until they came to the door , where Abdallah stopped playing and Morgiana made a low courtesy . `` Come in , Morgiana , '' said Ali Baba , `` and let Cogia Hassan see what you can do '' ; and , turning to Cogia Hassan , he said : `` She 's my slave and my housekeeper . '' Cogia Hassan was by no means pleased , for he feared that his chance of killing Ali Baba was gone for the present ; but he pretended great eagerness to see Morgiana , and Abdallah began to play and Morgiana to dance . After she had performed several dances she drew her dagger and made passes with it , sometimes pointing it at her own breast , sometimes at her master 's , as if it were part of the dance . Suddenly , out of breath , she snatched the tabor from Abdallah with her left hand , and , holding the dagger in her right hand , held out the tabor to her master . Ali Baba and his son put a piece of gold into it , and Cogia Hassan , seeing that she was coming to him , pulled out his purse to make her a present , but while he was putting his hand into it Morgiana plunged the dagger into his heart . `` Unhappy girl ! '' cried Ali Baba and his son , `` what have you done to ruin us ? '' `` It was to preserve you , master , not to ruin you , '' answered Morgiana . `` See here , '' opening the false merchant 's garment and showing the dagger ; `` see what an enemy you have entertained ! Remember , he would eat no salt with you , and what more would you have ? Look at him ! he is both the false oil merchant and the Captain of the Forty Thieves . '' Ali Baba was so grateful to Morgiana for thus saving his life that he offered her to his son in marriage , who readily consented , and a few days after the wedding was celebrated with greatest splendor .
At the end XXXXX a year Ali Baba , hearing nothing of the two remaining robbers , judged they were dead , and set out to the cave .
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