King Shahryar marvelled at this history and said, "By God, truly, injustice slays its folk!" And he was edified by that, wherewith Shahrazad bespoke him and sought help of Allah the Most High. Then he said to her, "Tell me another of your tales, O Shahrazad; supply me with a pleasant story and this shall be the completion of the story telling." Shahrazad replied, "With love and gladness! A man once declared to his mates, 'I will set forth to you a means of security against annoy.' A friend of my once related to me and said, 'We attained to security against annoy, and the origin of it was other than this; that is, it was the following' "