The Caliph marvelled at the grace and radiance of the young girls, (a) — was astonished to see (b) — each of the dervishes was blind in the left eye. The girls offered him a cup of wine, (c) — he excused himself saying, “I am setting forth on a pilgrimage to Makkah shortly.” (d) — one of the girls put down before him a small table, on (e) —she placed a cup of Chinese porcelain. The Caliph kept on seeing all these wonderful things done by the girls.