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Updated: May 16, 2025

Now Tahara's only terror was that S`lam should ever find out what had happened. The bottle must be taken home must be replaced exactly where it had been found. Unsatisfactory as such a course was, there was some risk in pursuing any other.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock

She was madly jealous of Tahara, whom S`lam had married without letting her know. He had gone over to Tangier; had arranged the marriage with Tahara's brother, who was living at Tangier with her; had brought her off, hardly a happy or willing bride, for he told us that she cried the whole of the journey; and had sprung her upon his old mother at Tetuan.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock

Alas! the little bottle had disappeared; it was no longer in the niche which could be seen every time the door was passed. Miss Z arrived in the afternoon. By that time some other occult influence had come to work in Tahara's mind, and directly Miss Z spoke to her it was evident that she was hedging.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock

Miss Z evidently shared Tahara's fears, and was anxious to allay any suspicions which S`lam might begin to entertain.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock

I do not know how they would mix with water: they are generally slow in working, sometimes weeks in taking effect. There was no reason why Tahara should not be poisoned by such a drug, and yet feel no ill effects for the present. Thus we argued. Poisoning in Morocco is such an every-day occurrence that it was a most ordinary suspicion on Tahara's part.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock

We stumbled on the rough cobbles and slid into the muddy gutter. Tahara's slippers again impeded her, and off they came. I wished devoutly I knew where Miss Z was, and could make straight for her, probably hurrying at that moment for Jinan Dolero, somewhere in the maze of streets and houses.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock

"Knowledge and virtue and a horse's mouth should not pass through too many hands," and "If you question knowledge, it falls from its estate" thus the Moors. I shall hear from Miss Z of Tahara's future welfare, unless she is moved from Tetuan. If she comes to an untimely end within the next year or so, our suspicions were not groundless. For the present we "forget," of course. For the whole affair

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock