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Page 56
While she was sitting at her window one day in Cairo , she she saw her next door
neighbour's cook - man come out and seat himself on the curb - stone opposite .
Presently he produced a beefsteak from the breast of his galabeah , looked ...
While she was sitting at her window one day in Cairo , she she saw her next door
neighbour's cook - man come out and seat himself on the curb - stone opposite .
Presently he produced a beefsteak from the breast of his galabeah , looked ...
Page 58
Some time after it was the vicar's turn ; he was dying of quinsy , when the old
woman came to his door and said : “ O vicar , if thou liveth thou liveth , and if thou
dieth thou dieth " ; and he laughed so heartily that he burst the quinsy and ...
Some time after it was the vicar's turn ; he was dying of quinsy , when the old
woman came to his door and said : “ O vicar , if thou liveth thou liveth , and if thou
dieth thou dieth " ; and he laughed so heartily that he burst the quinsy and ...
Page 63
One night screams of murder came from the window of the room , which he
occupied , on the first floor in the servants ' quarter . Agenoria ordered the door to
be broken open , but the Arabs said , “ Leave him alone ; he'll soon throw her out
.
One night screams of murder came from the window of the room , which he
occupied , on the first floor in the servants ' quarter . Agenoria ordered the door to
be broken open , but the Arabs said , “ Leave him alone ; he'll soon throw her out
.
Page 64
It was high time that he stood outside the door , for , when Agenoria was going
into her new palace , she sent in her European servants to see that the native
servants cleaned the floors properly . Ahmed made them understand that he did
not ...
It was high time that he stood outside the door , for , when Agenoria was going
into her new palace , she sent in her European servants to see that the native
servants cleaned the floors properly . Ahmed made them understand that he did
not ...
Page 76
Agenoria had one horse who , when he was put in the carriage , if the coachman
left him , used to get tired of waiting and drag the carriage to the front door , and
ring the bell with its mouth . This horse had a regular game with one of the dogs ...
Agenoria had one horse who , when he was put in the carriage , if the coachman
left him , used to get tired of waiting and drag the carriage to the front door , and
ring the bell with its mouth . This horse had a regular game with one of the dogs ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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