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Here a snakecharmer gathered a meagre crowd about him; there an 'A'l'meh, or singing-girl, lilted a ribald song; elsewhere hashish-smokers stretched out gaunt, loathsome fingers towards them; and a Sha'er recited the romance of Aboo Zeyd.
Thus he remained, how long the other never knew, panting, growing paler, as the veins that carried life to his heart were being slowly emptied. His head dropped. "How dark!" he murmured. "Like a m'chacha where the hashish-smokers dream!" The younger brother thought his energy was spent when he looked up sharply. "The lamp's out, you Devil Jew!" he cried. "The pipe, too spawn of hell!"
Here a snakecharmer gathered a meagre crowd about him; there an 'A'l'meh, or singing-girl, lilted a ribald song; elsewhere hashish-smokers stretched out gaunt, loathsome fingers towards them; and a Sha'er recited the romance of Aboo Zeyd.
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