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I said naught, but took Kurban Sahib's glasses from his greasy hands and cleaned them with a silk handkerchief and returned them to their case. Sikander Khan told me that he had been the first man in the Zenab valley to use glasses whereby he finished two blood-feuds cleanly in the course of three months' leave. But he was otherwise a liar.
Description of Magdala Climate and Water Supply The Emperor's Houses His Harem and Magazines The Church Prison-house Guards and Gaol Discipline A previous Visit of Theodore to Magdala Slaughter of the Gallas Character and Antecedents of Samuel Our friends Zenab the Astronomer, and Meshisha the Lute player Day Guards We build new Huts Abyssinian and Portuguese Servants Our Inclosure is enlarged.
They tried to cut one another out; each one in his private visits pretending to be "the best friend;" but they could not openly leave the council-room, and start off for a glass, without being accompanied by the whole batch, so they forbade every one but themselves from visiting us. Poor Zenab for months took no more lessons in astronomy, and Meshisha played the lute to his wives and followers.
Luckily, our friend Zenab gave us some parchment; out of an old box we made some rude frames, and the parchment, previously well soaked in oil served instead of glass. We were obliged to keep a large staff of servants, as we had to prepare everything for ourselves. Some women were engaged to grind flour for us and the Abyssinian servants; others to bring water or wood.
During our first winter I attended him, through Alaka Zenab, our friend and his, and under my care he recovered. Unfortunately, he only listened to my advice and obeyed my injunctions for a short time; soon missing the stimulants he had for years been accustomed to, he gradually felt the want of their cheering influence, and again resorted to them.
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