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The agricultural labourer never tries to ameliorate his condition, or save up money for his old age, for the simple reason that, on becoming known to the rulers of the land, it is at once taken away from him. At Shiráz, for instance, there are two harvests in the year.
The design eventually accepted was by Ustad Isa, who is stated in one account to have been a Byzantine Turk, and in another a native of Shiraz, in Persia.
"Open the door, you swine," he said in the angry voice of a belated reveller, "and don't wake the house with that noise." Even when he was in his room and delivered himself over to the ministrations of Shiraz, he did not go to bed. He had something to think over.
I was enabled, thanks to my host, to glean some interesting facts concerning the latter, many European ladies having, from time to time, resided in Shiráz, and, obtaining access to the "anderoon," had afterwards given Mr. F the benefit of their observations. Persian women are unquestionably allowed more freedom and liberty than those of other Oriental countries.
The wine here was from Ispahán, and cost, the Persian told us, about sixpence a quart bottle, and was, in my opinion, dear at that. Shiráz wine is perhaps the best in Persia. It is white, and, though very sweet when new, develops, if kept for three or four years, a dry nutty flavour like sherry.
It was hard to believe that the slightly foreign-looking young man with Oriental eyes could be the pock-marked, poverty-stricken Burman who stood in his place. Slipping on a light overcoat, he pulled a large, soft hat over his head, and walked out quickly through the veranda. "Now, then, Shiraz," he called out in a quick, ill-tempered voice. "Come along with the lamp.
Let it be said, for thy wisdom to unravel, that therefore Leh Shin felt mirth in his mind, knowing that the heart of his foe was wrung as the Dhobie wrings the soiled garment." Shiraz fell silent and looked up from the floor at the face of his master, who got up and stretched himself. "Is my bath ready, Shiraz?"
I noticed, however, that here, as at Poozeh, the British tourist had been busy with chisel and hammer, and, I am ashamed to add, some of the names I read are as well known in England as that of the Prince of Wales. On the 18th of February, just before midnight, we rode into Shiráz.
Their cheeks were like the roses of Shiraz, their teeth like the pearls of Ormuz, their eyes like the eyes of gazelles of Hedjaz. Before beholding these damosels, I had never realized what love was, but at last I knew, I fell violently in love with them both. Never in my wildest moments had I thought to fall in love with a daughter of the Franks.
It was about noon, when the sun had struggled clear of the heavy clouds, that Shiraz found himself in the dark colonnade locking an empty house behind him with his own key, and, being a stately, red-bearded follower of the Prophet, with a general appearance of wealth and dignity, he walked slowly until he came to the doorway of Leh Shin's shop.
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