Helena was in the gallery
The Reader, in the middle of the mosque, was chanting the Koran, the muezzin in the minaret was calling to prayers, the men on the floor were uttering their many-throated responses, and the very walls of the mosque itself seemed to be vibrating with religious fervour.
A moment after Helena had taken her seat Ishmael entered, followed by Gordon, and the people gathered round them to kiss their hands and garments. Helena felt her head reel, she wanted to cry out, and it was with difficulty she controlled herself.
Then the Reader stood up in his desk and recited an invocation, and the people repeated it after him.
"God is Most Great!"
"God is Most Great!"
"There is no god but God! ...
"Mohammed is His Prophet! ...
"Listen to the preacher! ...