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In the drawing room he is polish'd, well bred, and from the pomp and magnificence of style in which he lives he cannot fail at first to impose on the stranger a good opinion of at least his gentlemanly manners, and courtlike behaviour. On my arrival at Smyrna I did not fail as soon as I was able to gain an interview with Hussan Pacha, the Governor.
The guards seized upon the unfortunate Ali to put in execution the will of the pacha; and as he was dragged away, Hussan cried out, "I told you so; but you would not believe me." "Well," replied Ali, "I've one comfort, your story's not told yet. His highness has yet to decide which is the best."
"I do assure you," retorted the pacha, "that if you say one word more, until you are ordered, you will be rewarded with the bastinado for your trouble. Ali, begin your story." "Well, your highness, it was about thirty years ago, you know, that I was a little boy, you know." Here Hussan lifted up his hands, and smiled. "Well, your highness, you know "
"Have we not the slave who offered to lay his story at your sublime feet, on the same evening that we met those sons of Shitan Ali and Hussan, who received the punishment merited by their enormous crimes?
That's what I always told him; 'Ali, says I, 'if you only knew, says I, 'how annoying you are! Why there, says I!" At this moment the blow of the scimitar fell, and the head of Hussan rolled upon the floor; the lips from the force of habit still quivering in their convulsions, with the motioning which would have produced says I, if the channel of sound had not been so effectually interrupted.
After a few minutes' pause, to recover himself from the ruffling of his temper, the pacha addressed the other man "Now, Hussan, you will begin your story, and observe that I am rather in an ill-humour." "How can your highness be otherwise, after the annoyance of that bore Ali? I said so; 'Ali, says I, " "Go on with your story," repeated the pacha angrily.
"Allah preserve your highness from all evil," replied Ali, "but more especially from the talking of Hussan, which is as oppressive as the hot wind of the desert." "I have not sent for you to hear you dispute in my presence, but to hear your stories. Ali, do you begin." "I do assure your highness," interrupted Hussan, "that you will not listen to him three minutes."
My father was a gardener, and people of his condition, you know, are obliged to get up early, that they may be in time for the market, where, you know, they bring their vegetables for sale." "This is all very true, I dare say," observed the pacha; "but you will oblige me by leaving out all those you knows, which I agree with your comrade Hussan to be very tedious."
The guards seized upon the unfortunate Ali, to put in execution the will of the pacha; and as he was dragged away, Hussan cried out, "I told you so; but you would not believe me." "Well," replied Ali, "I've one comfort, your story's not told yet. His highness has yet to decide which is the best."
"I do assure you," retorted the pacha, "that if you say one word more, until you are ordered, you will be rewarded with the bastinado for your trouble. Ali, begin your story." "Well, your highness, it was about thirty years ago, you know, that I was a little boy, you know." Here Hussan lifted up his hands, and, smiled. "Well your highness, you know "
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