Analogousexperimentsinrespecttosoundproduceanalogousresults。
“Preposterous！”saidtheking。
“’Thewivesanddaughtersoftheseincomparablygreatandwisemagi，’“continuedScheherazade，withoutbeinginanymannerdisturbedbythesefrequentandmostungentlemanlyinterruptionsonthepartofherhusband“’thewivesanddaughtersoftheseeminentconjurersareeverythingthatisaccomplishedandrefined；andwouldbeeverythingthatisinterestingandbeautiful，butforanunhappyfatalitythatbesetsthem，andfromwhichnoteventhemiraculouspowersoftheirhusbandsandfathershas，hitherto，beenadequatetosave。Somefatalitiescomeincertainshapes，andsomeinothersbutthisofwhichIspeakhascomeintheshapeofacrotchet。’“
“Awhat？”saidtheking。
“’Acrotchet’“saidScheherazade。“’Oneoftheevilgenii，whoareperpetuallyuponthewatchtoinflictill，hasputitintotheheadsoftheseaccomplishedladiesthatthethingwhichwedescribeaspersonalbeautyconsistsaltogetherintheprotuberanceoftheregionwhichliesnotveryfarbelowthesmalloftheback。Perfectionofloveliness，theysay，isinthedirectratiooftheextentofthislump。Havingbeenlongpossessedofthisidea，andbolstersbeingcheapinthatcountry，thedayshavelonggonebysinceitwaspossibletodistinguishawomanfromadromedary-’“