Sindbad then gave him a hundred sequins, and henceforward counted him among his friends; also he caused him… — Naguib Mahfouz
Sindbad then gave him a hundred sequins, and henceforward counted him among his friends; also he caused him to give up his profession as a porter, and to eat daily at his table that he might all his life remember Sindbad the Sailor."
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