Opening, part 9 · page 21 2101But the genius had made up his mind, and could not be softened. "102Do not imagine that you are going to escape so easily," he said. "103All I can do is to give you bare life; you will have to learn what happens to people who interfere with me."104As he spoke he seized me violently by the arm; the roof of the palace opened to make way for us, and we mounted up so high into the air that the earth looked like a little cloud.105Then, as before, he came down with the swiftness of lightning, and we touched the ground on a mountain top.1 2← previousOpening, part 8next →Opening, part 10↑ back to The Arabian Nights EntertainmentsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/page/2/