"The last time you were here, Mourad," replied the wife, "I forgot to give you a few hundred piastres you asked me; pray take this purse, and don't elevate your voice; you will find five hundred piastres in it."

"I am sure," replied Mourad, in a tone of great mildness, "I never elevated my voice; why should I, when you talk to me like a reasonable woman? I would be the most ungrateful of men to give you offence. Min allah, God forbid! I always had too much respect for you. Have I not always told you I loved you?—you cannot deny I did so. Have I not always mentioned your name with affectionate kindness ?—you cannot contradict me. Are you not convinced that I have always been the truest and best of husbands to you? I know you are, therefore let us have no more of these unpleasant differences. You have no reason to doubt my love. You know you have not, therefore I trust you will not speak to me so unkindly as you have done. Could you not make these five hundred a thousand, my dear eyes—my darling soul—my sweet yahnooni—my little yahabibi."

"Ah! Mourad," replied the widow, "who

can refuse you any thing, when you talk like a man of sense: why do you not always talk rationally, in this manner? Here, my heart's flame, take these other five hundred, for the sake of Allah; spend them properly. Beware of the dancers with the rings in their noses; take heed of the almes, I beseech you."

Mourad said he was not a fool, he knew how to take care of his money, and he wanted no advice; and what was more, he would listen to none; and with this agreeable intimation he quitted the house, leaving poor Miriam to reflect on her folly.

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