Accustomed as he was to such a mass of hair upon his neck, for lack of it he caught a cold and died.
'That story fits the case before us to a nicety,' said Suleyman in conclusion, with an air of triumph.
'What is the moral of it, deign to tell us, master!' the cry arose from all sides in the growing twilight.
'I suppose,' I hazarded, 'that, having had attention called to the peculiar clothing of my legs, I shall eventually have them amputated or wear Turkish trousers ?' 'I say not what will happen; God alone knows that.

But the mere chance that such catastrophes, as I have shown, may happen is enough to make wise people shun that kind of speech.' I cannot to this day distinguish how much of his long harangue was jest and how much earnest.

But the fellahin devoured it as pure wisdom.
FOOTNOTES: [2] Rare things.
[3] Equivalent to 'Pax.' [4] Genii..