Ep. 1203 - The Forty Thieves, Pt. 4

At daybreak Ali Baba arose, and, seeing the oil jars there still, asked why the merchant had not gone with his mules. Morgiana bade him look in the first jar and see if there was any oil. Seeing a man, he started back in terror. ‘Have no fear,’ said Morgiana; ‘the man cannot harm you: he is dead.’ Ali Baba, when he had recovered somewhat from his astonishment, asked what had become of the merchant. ‘Merchant!’ said she, ‘he is no more a merchant than I am!’ and she told him the whole story, assuring him that it was a plot of the robbers of the forest, of whom only three were left, and that the white and red chalk marks had something to do with it. Ali Baba at once gave Morgiana her freedom, saying that he owed her his life. They then buried the bodies in Ali Baba’s garden, while the mules were sold in the market by his slaves.