“I said ‘Amen,’ Uncle,” answered the lad in humble tones. His uncle scanned him narrowly.
“Well,” he muttered, “I suppose you are too much of a fool to have meant it ill....”
At this the strident nasals of the Muezzin suddenly shrieked from the neighbouring minaret and the young lads with unaccustomed rapidity vacated the great merchant’s apartment.
AL-BUSTÁN
That is:
The Orchard