Henceforth he would pick up silver and gold by the shovelful; he would have a share in abundance of festivals--the joy of doing nothing--the pleasure of commanding--all the sweetness and all the calm satisfaction of delightful egotism--reposing in a bed of eider-down--fed upon delicate birds--owning two or three houses, a carriage, horses, and a box at the opera.

What a future! At intervals Samuel Brohl passed his tongue over his lips; they were parched with thirst.
Alnaschar the Lazy received one hundred drachms of silver as his entire patrimony, and he promised himself that he would one day marry the daughter of the grand-vizier.

He meant to clothe himself like a prince, to mount upon a horse with a saddle of fine gold and housings of gold, richly embroidered with diamonds and pearls.

He proposed to see that his wife formed good habits, to train her to obedience, to teach her to stand before him and be always ready to wait upon him; he resolved to discipline her with his looks, his hand, and his foot.

Samuel Brohl possessed a calmer spirit than the Athenian Hippoclide; he was less brutal than Alnaschar of Bagdad: was he much less ferocious?
He proposed, he also, to educate his wife; he intended that the daughter of the grand-vizier should consecrate herself wholly to his happiness, to his service.