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At times he shared his vigil with his daughter Zahra, a girl of twelve, fast growing into womanhood; and since she had inherited his wit and temperament, he taught her to share his hatred of the black-robed men.
That same intoxicating scent, sweeter than the musk of Hadramaut, enveloped her; her fingers were jeweled with nails which flashed in rivalry with their burden of precious stones as she toyed with the whispering strings. For a time she regarded the monk silently. "I am Zahra," she said at length, and Joseph thrilled at the tones of her voice. "To me, all things are music." "Zahra!
That the wise Hacchem did nothing to enfeeble it, may be judged from the following illustration. A poor woman of Zahra possessed a small field contiguous to the gardens of the caliph. El Hacchem, wishing to erect a pavilion there, directed that the owner should be requested to dispose of it to him.
The grateful slave sent twenty thousand drachms of gold to the poet and Moussali, and Haroun added forty thousand more to her gift. G, page 66. The statue of the beautiful Zahra, &c. Mohammed, to discourage idolatry, forbade his followers, in the Koran, to make images in any form; but this injunction was very imperfectly observed.
The fool is mad!" Zahra clutched at her father's sleeve and pointed to a distant corner, where a tongue of flame was licking the dry woodwork and hangings. Her eyes were flashing and her lips were parted; she bent forward, following the priest with eagerness. "Allah be praised!" she breathed. "He is a Man!"
See note E, page 218. See note F, page 313. Cardonne, in his History of Spain. This word signifies, in the Arabic, Flower, or Ornament of the World. The dinar is estimated by M. Florian to be equal to at least ten livres. According to that computation, the aggregate cost of the palace and city of Zahra would amount to considerably more than $14,000,000. Trans. See note H, page 214.
His sandals spurned the rocky path when he heard the voice of Zahra sighing through the branches; then, when he had reached the castle wall, he saw her bending toward him from the balcony above. "I come to you," she whispered; and an instant later her form showed white against the blackness of the low stone door in front of him.
The statue of the beautiful Zahra was conspicuously placed over the principal gate of this City of Love. But the attractions of the city were totally eclipsed by those of the fairy-like palace of the favourite.
Once a year the father rode southward to Cordova, bringing news with his return that delighted the countryside, news that penetrated even the walls of San Sebastian and filled the good men therein with gladness. It seemed that the maiden Zahra was becoming a great musician.
Once more the train moved past the sun-baked walls of the monastery, across the plain to the mountain road that led to the land of bounty and of culture. Late that afternoon Brother Joseph learned from the lips of a herdsman that the beauteous Zahra, flower of all the Moorish race, had gone to Cordova to study music.
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