... letter-paper with a profusion of odoriferous musk and, winding it in her hairstrings which were of Iraki silk, with pendants of oblong emeralds, set with pearls and stones of price, delivered it to the old woman, bidding her carry it to Prince As'ad.[FN361] She did so in order to pleasure her, and going in to the Prince, straightway and without stay, ... — The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton