"
Then addressing himself to his son, he said, "I believe you, son, to
be so dutiful a child, that you will not refuse Morgiana for your
wife. You see that Cogia Houssain sought your friendship with a
treacherous design to take away my life; and if he had succeeded,
there is no doubt but he would have sacrificed you also to his
revenge. Consider, that by marrying Morgiana you marry the preserver
of my family and your own."
The son, far from showing any dislike, readily consented to the
marriage; not only because he would not disobey his father, but also
because it was agreeable to his inclination. After this they thought
of burying the captain of the robbers with his comrades, and did it so
privately that nobody discovered their bones till many years after,
when no one had any concern in the publication of this remarkable
history. A few days afterward, Ali Baba celebrated the nuptials of his
son and Morgiana with great solemnity, a sumptuous feast, and the
usual dancing and spectacles; and had the satisfaction to see that his
friends and neighbors, whom he invited, had no knowledge of the true
motives of the marriage; but that those who were not unacquainted with
Morgiana's good qualities commended his generosity and goodness of
heart. Ali Baba did not visit the robber's cave for a whole year, as
he supposed the other two, whom he could get no account of, might be
alive.
At the year's end, when he found they had not made any attempt to
disturb him, he had the curiosity to make another journey.
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