BOOK III
WIDOWED (1890–1896)
“El Maraa min ghayr Zaujuhá mislahá tayarán maksús el Jenáhh.”
(“The woman without her husband is like a bird with one wing”)
CHAPTER I
THE TRUTH ABOUT “THE SCENTED GARDEN”
Now I indeed will hide desire and all repine,
And light up this my fire that neighbours see no sign:
Accept I what befalls by order of my Lord,
Haply he too accept this humble act of mine.
Alf Laylah wa Laylah
(Burton’s “Arabian Nights”).