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diff --git a/41619-h/41619-h.htm b/41619-h/41619-h.htm index 933e72d..60fc238 100644 --- a/41619-h/41619-h.htm +++ b/41619-h/41619-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Haunting of Low Fennel, by Sax Rohmer</title> <style type="text/css"> @@ -101,24 +101,9 @@ p.cap:first-letter {float: left; clear: left; margin: 0 .1em 0 0; </style> </head> <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41619 ***</div> <h1 class="pg">The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Haunting of Low Fennel, by Sax Rohmer</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: The Haunting of Low Fennel</p> -<p> The Haunting of Low Fennel--The Valley of the Just--The Blue Monkey--The Riddle of Ragstaff--The Master of Hollow Grange--The Curse of a Thousand Kisses--The Turquoise Necklace</p> -<p>Author: Sax Rohmer</p> -<p>Release Date: December 14, 2012 [eBook #41619]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HAUNTING OF LOW FENNEL***</p> <p> </p> -<h3 class="pg">E-text prepared by<br /> - eagkw, Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan,<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (http://www.pgdp.net)</h3> <p> </p> <hr class="full" /> <p> </p> @@ -679,7 +664,7 @@ I detected the words “Aubrey” and “Marjorie” (Mrs. Dale’s name), and, impatiently tossing my cigarette away, I returned to the house, intent upon arousing the Major and terminating this -tęte-ŕ-tęte. That it was more, on Mrs. Dale’s<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> +tĂŞte-Ă -tĂŞte. That it was more, on Mrs. Dale’s<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> part, than a harmless flirtation, I did not believe; but young Wales was not a safe type of man for that sort of amusement.</p> @@ -3738,7 +3723,7 @@ altogether more rude and have a bigger appetite!”</p> <p>With such seeming trivialities, then, opened the drama of Ragstaff, the drama in which Fate -had cast four of us for leading rôles.</p> +had cast four of us for leading rĂ´les.</p> <h3>II</h3> @@ -3747,7 +3732,7 @@ had cast four of us for leading rôles.</p> has it, “the gunners”—drifted into the hall. The hall at Ragstaff Park is fitted as a smoking lounge. It dates back to Tudor days and affords -some magnificent examples of medićval panelling. +some magnificent examples of mediæval panelling. At every point the eye meets the device of a man with a ragged staff—from which the place derives its name, and which is the crest of the Reynors.</p> @@ -3842,7 +3827,7 @@ face which I found myself at a loss to define.</p> <p>“You see,” said the Colonel, holding a candle close to the time-blackened panel, “it is a -meaningless piece of medićval doggerel roughly +meaningless piece of mediæval doggerel roughly carved in the wood. The oak-leaf border is very fine, so your father tells me, Harry”—to Lorian—“but it is probably the work of another @@ -4459,7 +4444,7 @@ most frequently occurs in English, with <i>a</i>, <i>o</i>, <i>i</i>, <i>d</i>, <i>h</i>, <i>n</i>, <i>r</i>, afterwards, I had thought of resolving it into its component letters.”</p> -<p>“But would that rule apply to medićval +<p>“But would that rule apply to mediæval English?”</p> <p>“Ah,” said Lorian thoughtfully, “most sage @@ -5064,21 +5049,21 @@ cheek, and:</p> <p>“Oh! how you frightened me!” said the girl, speaking with a slight French accent which the visitor found wholly entrancing. “You -must be Jack Dillon? I am Phryné.”</p> +must be Jack Dillon? I am PhrynĂ©.”</p> <p>Dillon bowed.</p> <p>“How I envy Hyperides!” he said.</p> <p>A blush quickly stained the lovely face of -Phryné, and the roguish eyes were lowered, +PhrynĂ©, and the roguish eyes were lowered, whereby the penitent Dillon, who had jested in the not uncommon belief that a pretty girl is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> necessarily brainless, knew that the story of the -wonder-woman of Thespić was familiar to her +wonder-woman of Thespiæ was familiar to her modern namesake.</p> -<p>“I am afraid,” declared Phryné, with a return +<p>“I am afraid,” declared PhrynĂ©, with a return of her mischievous composure, “that you are very wicked.”</p> @@ -5095,8 +5080,8 @@ deeply regretted having come.</p> <p>His father, who had accepted the invitation from an old college friend on his son’s behalf, -had made no mention of a Phryné, whereas -Phryné clearly took herself for granted and +had made no mention of a PhrynĂ©, whereas +PhrynĂ© clearly took herself for granted and evidently knew all about Jack Dillon. The latter experienced a volcanic change of sentiment; Hollow Grange was metamorphosed, and assumed @@ -5109,7 +5094,7 @@ bewildering coquetries?</p> <p>“I trust,” he said, looking into the laughing eyes, “that you will learn to know me better.”</p> -<p>Phryné curtsied mockingly.</p> +<p>PhrynĂ© curtsied mockingly.</p> <p>“You have either too much confidence in your own character or not enough in my wisdom,” @@ -5121,7 +5106,7 @@ It was a French edition of <i>The Golden Ass</i> of Apuleius.</p> <p>The hollow was illuminated by a blinding flash -of lightning, and Phryné’s musical laughter was +of lightning, and PhrynĂ©’s musical laughter was drowned in the thunder that boomed and crashed in deepening peals over the hills. In a sudden tropical torrent the rain descended, as Dr. @@ -5145,7 +5130,7 @@ his impressions of the place and its master. Twelve years had elapsed since his one previous meeting with Dr. Kassimere, and little or no memory of the man had remained. So much had -intervened; the war—and Phryné. Now that +intervened; the war—and PhrynĂ©. Now that he was alone and could collect his ideas he knew of what Dr. Kassimere’s gaunt, wide-eyed face had reminded him: it was of Thoth, the Ibis-headed @@ -5174,13 +5159,13 @@ bird-like eyes cold, hard, watchful, calculating. The voice was the voice of a friend and a gentleman, but the face was the face of Thoth.</p> -<p>The mystery of Phryné was solved in a measure. +<p>The mystery of PhrynĂ© was solved in a measure. She was Dr. Kassimere’s adopted daughter and the orphaned child of Louis Devant, the famous Paris cartoonist, who had died penniless in 1911, at the height of his success. In his selection of a name for her, the brilliant and dissolute artist -had exhibited a breadth of mind which Phryné +had exhibited a breadth of mind which PhrynĂ© inherited in an almost embarrassing degree.</p> <p>Her mental equipment was bewildering: the @@ -5315,7 +5300,7 @@ to meet with the fate of Dr. Dee in the days of Elizabeth! Truly there were dark spots in England. But could he credit the statement of this benighted elder that a modern clergyman -had actually drawn an analogy between Phryné +had actually drawn an analogy between PhrynĂ© Devant and the sirens? It was unbelievable.</p> <p>“What was the unhappy fate,” he asked, @@ -5363,15 +5348,15 @@ new point of view. Trivial things, to which hitherto he had paid scant attention, began to marshal themselves as evidence. The two village “helpers,” he knew, received extravagant wages, -because, as Phryné had confessed, they had +because, as PhrynĂ© had confessed, they had “found it almost impossible to get girls to stay.” Why?</p> <p>Of the earlier guest, or guests, who had -succumbed to the siren lure of Phryné, he had +succumbed to the siren lure of PhrynĂ©, he had heard no mention. Why? Save at meal-times he rarely saw his host, who frankly left him -to the society of Phryné. Again—why? Dr. +to the society of PhrynĂ©. Again—why? Dr. Kassimere, in his jealously locked laboratory, was at work day and night upon his experiments. What were these experiments? What was the @@ -5379,8 +5364,8 @@ nature of the doctor’s studies?</p> <p>He had now been for nearly three weeks at Hollow Grange, and never had Dr. Kassimere -spoken of his work. And Phryné? The sudden, -new thought of Phryné was so strange, so wonderful +spoken of his work. And PhrynĂ©? The sudden, +new thought of PhrynĂ© was so strange, so wonderful and overwhelming, that it reacted physically; and he pulled up short in the middle of a field-path,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span> as though some palpable obstacle blocked @@ -5389,7 +5374,7 @@ the way.</p> <p>Why had he set out alone that day, when all other days had been spent in the girl’s company? He had deliberately sought solitude—because of -Phryné; because he wanted to think calmly, +PhrynĂ©; because he wanted to think calmly, judicially, to arraign himself before his own judgment, remote from the witchery of her presence. He had tried to render his mind a @@ -5398,23 +5383,23 @@ memory of her delicate beauty and charm, so that he might return unbiased to his judgment. He had returned; he was judged.</p> -<p>He loved Phryné madly, insanely. His future, +<p>He loved PhrynĂ© madly, insanely. His future, his life, lay in the hollow of her hands.</p> <h3>IV</h3> -<p>“Yes,” admitted Phryné, “it is true. There +<p>“Yes,” admitted PhrynĂ©, “it is true. There were two of them.”</p> <p>“And”—Dillon hesitated—“were they in love with you?”</p> -<p>“Of course,” said Phryné, naďvely.</p> +<p>“Of course,” said PhrynĂ©, naĂŻvely.</p> <p>“But you——”</p> -<p>Phryné shook her curly head.</p> +<p>PhrynĂ© shook her curly head.</p> <p>“I rather liked the French boy, but I do not believe anything that a Frenchman says to a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span> @@ -5448,7 +5433,7 @@ that was new and perturbing. Within him life pulsed at delirious speed, but the universe seemed to have slowed upon its course so that each hour became as two. Throughout dinner, -Phryné was deliciously shy to the point of +PhrynĂ© was deliciously shy to the point of embarrassment; and Dillon, who several times surprised the bird-eyes of Dr. Kassimere studying<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span> the girl’s face, detained his host, and being a @@ -5468,7 +5453,7 @@ man. Was this distrust becoming an obsession? Why should he eternally be seeking an ulterior motive for every act in this man’s life?</p> -<p>He went to look for Phryné, and found her in +<p>He went to look for PhrynĂ©, and found her in the spot where he had first seen her, prone in a nest of cushions. She sprang up as he entered the room, and glanced at him in that new way @@ -5483,37 +5468,37 @@ from her.</p> the ancient gossip at the <i>Threshers</i> after all.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span> A young French lieutenant of artillery had received an invitation to spend a leave at Hollow -Grange. His Gallic soul had been fired by Phryné’s +Grange. His Gallic soul had been fired by PhrynĂ©’s beauty, and although his advances had been met with rebuff, he had asked Dr. Kassimere’s permission to pay his court to the girl. On the same -evening he had departed hurriedly, and Phryné +evening he had departed hurriedly, and PhrynĂ© had supposed, since the doctor never referred to him again, that he had been sent about his business. -Then came a strange letter, which Phryné +Then came a strange letter, which PhrynĂ© had shown to Dillon. Its tone throughout was of passionate anger, and one passage recurred again and again to Dillon’s mind. “I would give my life for you gladly,” it read, “but my soul belongs to God....”</p> -<p>Phryné had counted him demented and Dr. +<p>PhrynĂ© had counted him demented and Dr. Kassimere had agreed with her. But there was Harry Waynwright, the nephew of the vicar of St. Peter’s at Hainingham. An accidental meeting -with Phryné had led to a courtesy call—and +with PhrynĂ© had led to a courtesy call—and the inevitable. It had all the seeming of a case of love-sickness, and the unhappy youth grew seriously ill. From pestering her daily he changed his tactics to studiously avoiding her, until, meeting her in the village one morning, he -greeted her with, “I can’t do it, Phryné! tell<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span> +greeted her with, “I can’t do it, PhrynĂ©! tell<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span> him I can’t do it. He can rely upon my word; but I’m going away to try to forget!”</p> <p>Dr. Kassimere had professed entire ignorance of the meaning of the words. A faint shadow had -crossed Phryné’s face as she spoke of these +crossed PhrynĂ©’s face as she spoke of these matters, but, as a result of her extraordinary beauty, she was somewhat callous where languishing admirers were concerned, and she had @@ -5541,7 +5526,7 @@ one thing he had determined: There was some<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1 thing or some one in Hollow Grange that he <em>feared</em>, some centre from whence fear radiated.</p> -<p>Phryné, for one fleeting moment, had revealed +<p>PhrynĂ©, for one fleeting moment, had revealed to him that she, too, had known this formless dread, but only latterly; probably from lack of a more definite date, she had spoken of this fear @@ -5614,7 +5599,7 @@ and the translations, in Dr. Kassimere’s minute, cramped writing, were interposed between the bound pages. In these again were interpolated marginal notes, some in the shape of unintelligible -symbols, others in that of chemical formulć. +symbols, others in that of chemical formulæ. Several passages were marked in red ink. And, having perused the first of these which he chanced upon, a clammy moisture broke out upon his @@ -5647,7 +5632,7 @@ man’s hands. No option was to be offered to <em>him</em>; the great experiment, the <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">Magnum Opus</i>, was to be performed without his consent!</p> -<p>And Phryné!—Phryné, the other innocent +<p>And PhrynĂ©!—PhrynĂ©, the other innocent victim of this fiend’s lust for knowledge! The thought restored his courage. More than life itself depended upon his coolness and address; @@ -5745,7 +5730,7 @@ stepped unsteadily into Dr. Kassimere’s laboratory....</p> may not be described, whose names may not be written—in the place, he realised, in some subconscious fashion; but—prone upon a low, metal -couch of most curious workmanship lay Phryné, +couch of most curious workmanship lay PhrynĂ©, in her night-robe, still—white; perfect in her<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span> pale beauty as her namesake who posed for Praxiteles.</p> @@ -5753,8 +5738,8 @@ Praxiteles.</p> <p>Dillon reeled, steadied himself, and sank upon his knees by the couch.</p> -<p>“Phryné!” he whispered, locking his arms -about her—“my Phryné!...”</p> +<p>“PhrynĂ©!” he whispered, locking his arms +about her—“my PhrynĂ©!...”</p> <p>Then he remembered the gauze mask and even detected the sickly, sweet smell of the anaesthetic. @@ -5769,7 +5754,7 @@ ibis-headed Thoth; his eyes were hard, his voice was cold.</p> <p>“What is the meaning of this outrage?” he -demanded sternly. “Phryné has been taken +demanded sternly. “PhrynĂ© has been taken suddenly ill; an immediate operation may be necessary——”</p> @@ -5789,7 +5774,7 @@ overturned; as Dr. Kassimere sprang forward, he slipped in the slimy stream that was pouring over the laboratory floor—and fell....</p> -<p>Laying Phryné upon the altar, her head resting +<p>Laying PhrynĂ© upon the altar, her head resting against the age-worn communion rails, Dillon turned and closed the secret door dividing the house of God from the house of Satan. One @@ -5918,12 +5903,12 @@ amazing statement is really the work of Grainger, which deals with events up to the time that he left Mena House—and the world—I have been able to check. The dragoman, Hassan -Abd-el-Kebîr, was still practising his profession +Abd-el-KebĂ®r, was still practising his profession at Mena House at the time of my visit, and he confirmed the truth of Grainger’s story in regard to the heart of lapis-lazuli, which he had seen, and the meeting with the old woman in the -Műski—of which Grainger had spoken to him.</p> +MĂ»ski—of which Grainger had spoken to him.</p> <p>For the rest, the manuscript shall tell Grainger’s story.</p> @@ -5986,7 +5971,7 @@ commercial vehicles, narrow and set high upon monstrous wheels, which convey loads of indescribable variety along streets no wider than the “hall” of a small suburban residence. The -Parsees in the Khân Khalîl with their carpets<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span> +Parsees in the Khân KhalĂ®l with their carpets<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span> and shining silk-ware, the Arab dealers, fierce swarthy tradesmen from the desert, and the smooth-tongued Cairenes upholding embroidered @@ -5996,12 +5981,12 @@ almost tender, that was unlike any sentiment I had ever experienced toward my fellow-creatures before.</p> -<p>Mendicants crying the eternal “<i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">Bakshîsh!</i>”, +<p>Mendicants crying the eternal “<i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">BakshĂ®sh!</i>”, <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">Sakhas</i> with their skins of Nile water, and the other hundred and one familiar figures of the quarter filled me with a great and glad contentment.</p> -<p>I purposely haunted the Műski during the heat +<p>I purposely haunted the MĂ»ski during the heat of the day because at that hour it was comparatively free from the presence of Europeans and Americans. Thus, on the occasion of which @@ -6116,9 +6101,9 @@ the sight of a pretty face. I hurried to Shepheard’s.</p> <h4>II</h4> <p>The same night, after dinner, I walked out of -Mena House to look for Hassan Abd-el-Kebîr, +Mena House to look for Hassan Abd-el-KebĂ®r, the dragoman with whom I had contracted for a -journey, by camel, to Sakhâra on the following +journey, by camel, to Sakhâra on the following day. He had promised to attend at half-past eight in order to arrange the time of starting in the morning, together with some other details.</p> @@ -6167,7 +6152,7 @@ but——”</p> <p>“Well?” I said.</p> -<p>Then I, too, said no more. Hassan Abd-el-Kebîr +<p>Then I, too, said no more. Hassan Abd-el-KebĂ®r was glaring at the ornament in my hand as though I had held, not a very choice example<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201" id="Page_201">[201]</a></span> of native jewellery, but an adder or a scorpion!</p> @@ -6224,7 +6209,7 @@ will not believe me.”</p> <p>“Never mind. Tell me.”</p> -<p>Thereupon Hassan Abd-el-Kebîr told me the +<p>Thereupon Hassan Abd-el-KebĂ®r told me the most improbable story to which I had ever listened. Since to reproduce it in his imperfect English, with my own frequent interjections, @@ -6232,16 +6217,16 @@ would be tedious, I will give it in brief. Some of the historical details, imperfectly related by Hassan as I learned later, I have corrected.</p> -<p>In the reign of the Khalîf El-Maműn—a son of -Hárűn er-Rashîd and brother of the prototype -of Beckford’s <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">Vathek</i>—one Shâwar was Governor +<p>In the reign of the KhalĂ®f El-MamĂ»n—a son of +HárĂ»n er-RashĂ®d and brother of the prototype +of Beckford’s <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">Vathek</i>—one Shâwar was Governor of Egypt, and the daughter of the Governor, Scheherazade, was famed throughout the domains -of the Khalîf as the most beautiful maiden in the -land. Wazîrs and princes sought her hand in +of the KhalĂ®f as the most beautiful maiden in the +land. WazĂ®rs and princes sought her hand in vain. Her heart was given to a handsome young -merchant of Cairo, Ahmad er-Mâdi, who was also<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span> -the wealthiest man in the city. Shâwar, although +merchant of Cairo, Ahmad er-Mâdi, who was also<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span> +the wealthiest man in the city. Shâwar, although an indulgent father, would not hear of such a union, however, but he hesitated to destroy his daughter’s happiness by forcing her into an @@ -6249,7 +6234,7 @@ unwelcome marriage. Finally, passion conquered reason in the breasts of the lovers and they fled, Scheherazade escaping from the palace of her father by means of a rope-ladder smuggled into -the <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">haręm</i> apartments by a slave whom Ahmad’s +the <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">harĂŞm</i> apartments by a slave whom Ahmad’s gold had tempted, and meeting Ahmad outside the gardens where he waited with a fleet horse.</p> @@ -6261,13 +6246,13 @@ succeeded in escaping from Cairo.</p> by the enraged father and a sentence of death was passed upon the absent man—to be instantly put into execution in the event of his -arrest anywhere within the domain of the Khalîf.</p> +arrest anywhere within the domain of the KhalĂ®f.</p> <p>Exiled in a distant oasis, the Sheikh of which was bound to Ahmad by ties of ancient friendship, the prospect which had seemed so alluring to Scheherazade became clouded. Recognising this -change in her attitude, Ahmad er-Mâdi racked +change in her attitude, Ahmad er-Mâdi racked his brains for some scheme whereby he might recover his lost wealth and surround his beautiful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a></span> wife with the luxury to which she had been @@ -6278,7 +6263,7 @@ who was widely credited with magical powers.</p> <p>It was a whole week’s journey to the abode of the wizard, and, unknown to Ahmad, during his -absence a son of the Khalîf, visiting Egypt, +absence a son of the KhalĂ®f, visiting Egypt, chanced to lose his way on a hunting expedition, and came upon the secret oasis in which Scheherazade was hiding. This prince had been one @@ -6324,7 +6309,7 @@ bestowed a kiss upon thee,” was the exact text of the curse. “Then thou shalt regain thy beauty, thy love—and death.”</p> -<p>Ahmad er-Mâdi staggered out from the cavern, +<p>Ahmad er-Mâdi staggered out from the cavern, blinded by a hundred emotions—already sick with remorse; and one night’s stage on his return <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a></span>journey dropped dead from his saddle ... @@ -6355,7 +6340,7 @@ hundred and ninety-nine.”</p> merely a picturesque example of Eastern imagination; but just to see what effect it would have upon him, I told Hassan about the old woman in -the Műski. I had to do so. Frankly, the coincidence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></span> +the MĂ»ski. I had to do so. Frankly, the coincidence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[207]</a></span> was so extraordinary that it worried me. When I had finished:</p> @@ -6369,7 +6354,7 @@ When I had finished:</p> <h4>III</h4> -<p>Throughout the expedition to Sakhâra on the +<p>Throughout the expedition to Sakhâra on the following day I could not fail to note that Hassan was covertly watching me—and his expression annoyed me intensely. It was that compound @@ -6467,7 +6452,7 @@ Arms like bands of steel grasped me; I was lifted, bound and carried—I knew not where....</p> <p>Placed in some kind of softly padded saddle, or, -as I have since learned, into a <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">shibrîyeh</i> or covered +as I have since learned, into a <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">shibrĂ®yeh</i> or covered litter on a camel’s back, I felt the animal rise to its ungainly height and move off swiftly. As suddenly as revolt had flamed up, resignation @@ -6624,7 +6609,7 @@ softly.</p> Azreem, and possibly he’s a very imposing individual. He may even indulge in visits, incognito, to Cairo, in the manner of the late lamented -Hárűn er-Rashîd of <cite>Arabian Nights</cite> memory, but +HárĂ»n er-RashĂ®d of <cite>Arabian Nights</cite> memory, but I can’t say that I believe in <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">welees</i> as a class!”</p> <p>His wife shrugged her pretty shoulders.</p> @@ -6848,14 +6833,14 @@ in his pocket—“give him this.”</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a></span></p> <p>But Mohammed, looking ill at ease, thrust -aside the proffered <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">bakshîsh</i>—a novel action +aside the proffered <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">bakshĂ®sh</i>—a novel action which made Graham stare widely.</p> <p>“He would not take it, Effendi,” he whispered. “See, his turban lies there; he is a <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">hadj</i>. He is praying for the eternal happiness of his preserver, and he is interceding with the Prophet -(<i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">Salla—’lláhu ’aleyhi wasellum</i>), that she may +(<i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">Salla—’lláhu ’aleyhi wasellum</i>), that she may enjoy the delights of Paradise equally with all true Believers!”</p> @@ -7532,7 +7517,7 @@ a temple. About her were the crumbling evidences of the sacerdotal splendour that was Ancient Egypt. The moon painted massive shadows upon the debris, and carpeted the outer -place with the black image of a towering propylćum. +place with the black image of a towering propylæum. Upon the mound which once had been the stone avenue of approach was the Bedouin camp. It was filled with a vague disturbance. @@ -7742,7 +7727,7 @@ watching the desert road to the east. He alone saw the return of the white camel with its double burden, from a distance of a hundred yards or more; for he dared approach no closer, but -stood with bowed head pronouncing the <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">fáthah</i> +stood with bowed head pronouncing the <i lang="ar" xml:lang="ar">fáthah</i> over and over again. He saw it kneel, saw its rider descend and lift a girl from its back. 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