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Updated: June 7, 2025
"No," said the lawyer; "but I should like to be known as the best player of Napoleon solitaire." A sabre-hilt rapped on the door. "Enter," cried the commandant. The door opened, and there entered first the sharp cries of the mob, and then the corporal, Abdullah, a woman clothed all in white, the oukil, and, last of all, Mirza. The moment she was within the room she dominated it.
"Two mueddins the chaps that call to prayer; two tolbas who read the litanies; two hezzabin, who read the Koran; a mufti who interprets the law; a khetib who recites the prayer for the chief of the government each Friday, and who is very unpopular; an iman who reads the five daily prayers; a chaouch who is a secretary to the last of the list, the oukil who collects the funds and pays them out.
Out from the white-robed crowd came two forms, Mirza and the oukil. Mirza held a paper in her hand. They went to the nearest fire and Mirza gave the paper to the man with the green turban. He read it, thought a moment, read it again, and then the two went back to the silent crowd by the mosque.
"Her father, Ilderhim," said the oukil, "signs the invoice which you have read. He does not consent." "He is nobody," said the lawyer. "He was banished from Algeria years ago. It is as though he had never existed." "I had overlooked that," said the oukil; and then he added, "As the mistake this time is mine, perhaps you will again shake hands."
"With the camels, across the square," said Abdullah; "if you will permit the corporal to go for them " "Pardon," said the oukil; "if I am permitted to speak I can save you the trouble. We admit all that the goatherd certifies."
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