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-’“

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