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Scenes of more than democratic equality and fraternity are witnessed in this Manchu hittim, where silk-robed mandarins and uncouth ragamuffins stand side by side and enjoy the luxury of seeing me take lessons in the use of the chop-sticks.
And just as I was wondering whether to ask for shelter of those silk-robed men by signs or whether to sleep outside the walls and enter again in the morning, I came to a great archway in one of the marble houses with two black curtains, embroidered below with gold, hanging across it. Over the archway were carved apparently in many tongues the words: "Here strangers rest."
Strange! very strange! common women of course they must be such as this brigand's mistress; your daintily fed, silk-robed duchess would find a dagger somewhat a vulgar consoler she would rather choose a lover, or better still a score of lovers.
"I I dwopped him, an' bwoke off him's tail; an' an' then I dwopped him an' bwoke off him's ear! An' an' now him's all spoilt!" Claus laughed. "Never mind, Mayrie dear," he said. "How would you like this new dolly, instead of a cat?" Mayrie looked at the silk-robed dolly and her eyes grew big with astonishment.
But before he could speak, a silk-robed figure stepped out onto the verandah of the Resident Engineer's office, and called delightedly, "Ah, Lord Avondale! welcome to Michamac! You escaped my hospitality in town, but you can't here!" "Thanks. Very good of you, I'm sure," replied Lord James dryly. "I see you've come with old Grif," Ashton gayly rattled on. "Hello, Griffith! Hurry in, all of you.
"I took good care to laugh heartily too. After which I made signs the counterpart of his. He looked anxious. I put my hand in my pocket, and drew out my gloves. He stared. I put them on, and nodded, to show that that was the way we barbarians did it. "'Eyah! cried the silk-robed old gentleman. "'Eyah! echoed the horse-boys and the crowd.
Yet that is done every day, to the music of the wedding march, with all the world there to see. If there be any justice in heaven, the unfortunate who falls through love is less a criminal than is the silk-robed bride who became a prostitute under the holy cloak of marriage. The first stone!
And then Medinet, through which our caravan had to pass en route to camp, much to the ribald joy of smart, silk-robed Egyptian "undergrads" who strolled hand in hand along the broad streets near the University. They were big, fantastic houses to suit modern Oriental taste, painted pink and green, and set in shady gardens.
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