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The one somewhat reminiscent of Egypt and crocodiles, lisping palms and Arabs, of long and lotos-eating days of keff, in which even the lazy hours loiter in shady nooks, and the wind holds its breath in sympathy with the general doziness, and seems to be listening to something; the other of vivid Greek life, with its shepherds: "'Piping on hollow reeds to their pent sheep, Calm be thy Lyra's sleep,
This keff he enjoys at these weekly meetings, and the women in their way enjoy it too as the only public exposition of themselves they are permitted to make, and as a break in the monotony of their dreary and secluded lives. But there is another mode of killing time there, evidently borrowed, as are the carriages, from Europe.
His idea of true enjoyment is that it should be passive, not active: his highest happiness is in "keff," a perfect repose of mind and body an exaggeration of the Italian dolce far niente.
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