after taking to her all that she required.

The king then went in to visit the damsel; but she rose not to him, nor
took any notice of him. So the king said: "It seemeth that she hath been
with people who have not taught her good manners." And looking at the
damsel, he saw her to be a person surpassing in loveliness, her face was
like the disk of the moon at the full, or the shining sun in the clear
sky; and he wondered at her beauty, extolling the perfection of God, the
Creator: then the king advanced to the damsel, and seated himself by her
side, pressed her to his bosom, and kissed her lips, which he found to
be sweeter than honey. After this, he gave orders to bring tables of the
richest viands, comprising dishes of every kind; and he ate, and put
morsels into her mouth until she was satisfied; but she spoke not a
single word. The king talked to her, and inquired of her her name; but
she was silent, not uttering a word, nor returning him an answer,
ceasing not to hang down her head toward the ground; and what protected
her from the anger of the king was her beauty, and her tenderness of
manner. So the king said within himself: "Extolled be the perfection of
God, the Creator of this damsel! How elegant is she, saving that she
doth not speak!"--Then the king asked the female slaves whether she had
spoken; and they answered him: "From the time of her arrival to the
present moment she hath not spoken one word, and we have not heard her
talk." The king therefore caused some of them to come, and sing to her,
and make merry with her, thinking that then she might perhaps speak.
Accordingly the female slaves played before her with all kinds of
musical instruments, and enacted sports and other performances, and they
sang so that every one who was present was moved with delight, except
the damsel, who looked at them and was silent, neither laughing nor
speaking. So the heart of the king was contracted. He however inclined
to her entirely, paying no regard to others, but relinquishing all the
rest of his favourites.

He remained with her a whole year, which seemed as one day, and still
she spoke not; and he said to her one day, when his passion was
excessive: "O desire of souls, verily the love that I have for thee is
great, and I have relinquished for thy sake all my worldly portion, and
been patient with thee a whole year. I beg God that He will, in His
grace, soften thy heart toward me, and that thou mayest speak to me. Or,