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he nuptials were all celebrated that day, as the sultan had
resolved, but after a different manner. The youngest sister's
were solemnized with all the rejoicings usual at the marriages
of the sultans of Persia; and the other two sisters according to
the quality and distinction of their husbands; the one as the
sultan's chief baker, and the other as head cook.

The two elder sisters thought the disproportion of their
marriages infinitely great; and this consideration made them far
from being content, though they were arrived at the utmost
height of their wishes, and much beyond their hopes. They were
so much possessed with envy, that it not only disturbed their
own joy, but was the cause of great troubles and afflictions to
the sultaness their younger sister. But at that time they had not
an opportunity to communicate their thoughts to each other
upon the preference the sultan had given their ____

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