With great difficulty Layla's people consented, on condition that Majnun did not show himself odd in his love, but would behave sensibly. On the day for which the visit had been arranged, for Layla's people to meet Majnun, Majnun entered the room with his parents, who had told him to behave sensibly. It happened that Layla's dog, which Majnun had known for years, came into the room. Majnun could not for one moment hold to his dignity; he bowed at the feet of the dog and kissed its paws, and the visit became a failure.