I took out a bank-note and gave it to him, saying: "Go back to your own daughter, Rahmun, in your own country, and may the happiness of your meeting bring good fortune to my child!"
Having made this present, I had to curtail some of the festivities. I could not have the electric lights I had [intended], nor the military band, and the ladies of the house were despondent at it. But to me the wedding-feast was all the brighter for the thought that in a distant land a long-lost father met again with his only child.
WORDS TO BE STUDIED
[precarious]. From the root "prec," meaning prayer. Compare deprecate, imprecation; "precarious" means, therefore, held by entreaty, and thus insecure.
[impending]. From the Latin "pendere," to hang. Compare depend, expend, expensive, pendant, suspend, interdependent, independent.
[judicious]. From the root "jus," "jud," meaning law, right. Compare judge, judicial, judgment, just, prejudge, adjustment, adjudicate.
[euphemism]. A Greek root "phe," meaning speech. Compare blasphemy.
[transported]. From the Latin "portare," to carry. Compare porter, import, export, deport, support, deportation.
[intervene]. From the Latin "venire," to come. Compare convenient, convene, supervene, prevent.
[conclusion]. From the Latin "claudere," to close, shut. Compare include, preclude, exclude, exclusive, exclusion.