This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...me up to the French. The justice of the French is pitiless. They do not beat us as did the Turks, but they shut us up. I have been two years in prison before now. It is horrible not to be able to go and come in the open air! I implore thee by Sidna-Aissa, by Sidna-Meryem, by thy wife, by thy children, do not ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...me up to the French. The justice of the French is pitiless. They do not beat us as did the Turks, but they shut us up. I have been two years in prison before now. It is horrible not to be able to go and come in the open air! I implore thee by Sidna-Aissa, by Sidna-Meryem, by thy wife, by thy children, do not repulse me. Do what thou wilt with those others; prison is too good for them, they are wicked; I am only weak, my feeble will was led away to evil, I will not return to it. Think that I, too, have a wife, and more, --that I have three little children, and that those children can hardly speak. They cannot do without their father. If I am shut up again, they must die of hunger! Thou wouldst not have them die, my lord, for thou art just; thou canst uot wish to punish my children, who have done thee no harm. It is for them that I entreat thee. A man may have been on the highways by night, and yet love his little ones! Even the panther loves hers!' The wretched creature breathed hard, dragged himself along on his knees, kissed the kebbir's feet--would have been trampled under them if he could--and perhaps the kebbir might have yielded, for he was turning aside to hide his emotion, when the marabout Bel-Kassem, carried away by indignation, lifted up his voice, --'It is too much, ' he cried, 'it is far too much. My ears are offended, they hear the words of a traitor.' Then pointing his finger at El-Liamoun, --'This man, ' he went on, 'is verily no Mussulman, for there is in him nothing but falsehood. He has, indeed, been married, but his wife is dead, and he never had any children!' The kebbir shuddered and pushed away ElLiamoun with his foot. He was vexed with himself for his own emotion. As for the Sbeah, when he saw that he had come to an end of his...
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