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There are two Effendilir from Yildiz-Kiöshk in the selamlek!" We sat down to wait. "The porter is a genuine Turk, and not a Circassian. A Circassian would have said 'Effendilir, without the 'm, in the vocative when he spoke to us, as he did when he used it in the nominative to Selim." I reflected that Balsamides had good nerves if he could notice grammatical niceties at such a moment.
I forgot to ask." "Very well, thanks," said I, as we came back to the sitting-room. "I am always well, you know. You look pale, but that is nothing new. You have been on duty at the palace?" "Friday," he answered laconically, which meant that he had been at the Selamlek, attending the Sultan to the weekly service at the mosque. "You used to get back early in the day. Have the hours changed?"
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