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279 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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fills not a man the to vacancie be contented s which with death such has women left in , his and harem it will . not If be long had ere been here up a year agoyou would have seen a wife worthy of his excellency you ; but
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have age received a very , considerable number into his harem . ' , "' " And ' Probabl your y , ' said excellency the holy has man no quite doubt calml a great y . many children ? ' The patriarch and his servant looked at each otherand burst out laughing .
was " over 'If I , have ' I should several think children so indeed ! ' rep , lied but to the it his would master , confidant , be when impossible his couldst fit of for thou hilarity me tell to
tell you their number . Speak Hassan , ' , ' me how many children I have , and has where they in are ? ' of the ire
and " in 'No every , indeed district ! His of excellency each province ; some but that every is all province that I know emp , and I , would wager that my lord is not more learned than myself in this matter . '
" ' And how should I be ? ' said the old man . '' I would not give up , for my patriarch was sensibly losing my esteem , and I wished to know the truth
" ' But who brings up these . children ? ' I resumed . ' "Who takes care of them ? At what age are they separated from What their father ? "Where of existence are they ?
sent to ? To whom are they confided ? "are their means Besides — " and ' Oh by , they by what Allah would all ! I broug may you ht recognise sometimes b them myself make ?' a like mistake these , but whom that you matters see little until .
married they are , or of given an are age away to take as soon care up as of they y themselves had attained . The their daughter tenth s have or twelfth , been I year keep , and until I have they never are fourteen heard of ; them then I again give . them The a sons letter being of recommendation less business precocious he ,
for laces one them or the with other himself of my or friends elsewhere who has and a the large rest house is their or a own affair , — ; I wash p And my hands do of them . see ' them again , ? ' I asked once more .
days my " " sons ' ' without How , and do asking who you I know , never perhaps ? I questions , often are so have reall but a y at . visit the I receive from end of peop that them le time kindl who they say y for they perceive a few are
mothers there is no are room dead for they them any are here strangers , and , that to me they . So have they no go business away of here themselves . Their , , their second time
It aud ' s quite those rig who ht have , others come come once in , never their p make lace , and afterwards apx _^ ear ance do a the same as . the first . Nothing can be better . children ' * * whom * * I was not yet satisfied and . who
embrace " ' But you , ' I so said tenderly , ' these , are pretty they destined to the you same are treatment caressing ? , ' " ' Doubtless !' when ten fourteen old ? You
" ' You will part from them they are or years will never perhaps feel any behold uneasiness them again as to what and if they one may day become they _retiirn ? You to may seat
themselves never depart , for ever at your , without board giving , you will them treat ; one them of those like caresses strangers which and you let them heap
wh upon en them the voices now , ? of your "What children will become may be of you heard one the day re no in your more deserted ?' home ,
279 Notices Of Books.
279 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 279, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/63/
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