“Wallahi, thou art still delicious,” he replied gallantly; but all the same he thanked her, seeming much relieved.
Perceiving that the anguish of her grief was past, the ladies let her go to her own house.
“Remember my advice,” said old Murjânah in farewell. “Behold, my eyes grow dim, my days are numbered. I speak not frivolously like the young. Give up thy will. That is to islam truly. May Allah grant thee resignation, which is strength.”
CHAPTER XXXVIII
She had not been in her own house a day, before she said to Umm ed-Dahak:
“Wilt thou do me a great service?”
“Wallahi, that will I! Even—saving thy presence—one most sinful!”
“And canst thou keep a secret from the seed of Adam?”