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Updated: June 11, 2025
Wherever the steamboat touches the shore adventure retreats into the interior, and what is called romance vanishes. It won't bear the vulgar gaze; or rather the light of common day puts it out, and it is only in the dark that it shines at all. There is no cursing and insulting of Giaours now.
'What is your force, sons of Eblis? said the Sheikh to the horsemen. 'Count your men, and your muskets, and your swords, and your horses, and your camels; and if they were all double, they would not be our force. Our great Sheikh would have come in person with ten thousand men, were not your wilderness here fit only for Giaours.
"I'll bet half a rupee that he don't," said Bob. "Oh, yes, he will," said Tom. "I rather like him, though. He isn't a bad sort of nigger." "Don't call the fellows niggers," said Bob impatiently; "they don't like it." "Then they mustn't call us giaours and dogs," said Tom impatiently.
'You know they are Giaours. Besides, they might beat him, and then I should have the pleasure of being taken prisoner. 'Delightful! 'Charming! to see Constantinople, and marry the Emperor. 'Marry the Emperor! 'To be sure. Of course he would fall in love with me. 'Of course. 'And then, and then, I might conquer Paris! 'Paris! 'You have been at Paris? 'Yes.
Our strength, our numbers, and our cannon, only embarrassed us; there arose a confusion; the troops turned and retreated. And, when everything was in the greatest perplexity, and we were regaining the plain, our rear was pursued by crowds of cavalry, Kurds, and other Giaours, who destroyed our men with their long lances, uttering horrible shouts.
As for the unbelieving giaours at present residing at Stambul, let them remain in peace at home, for those who do not stir abroad will have no harm done to them. And this I announce to you in the names of Halil Patrona and Hassan Sulali."
They were not long in blowing it open. In they rushed, putting the defenders to flight, who made their escape by an opposite gate, rejoicing in the belief that the infidel besiegers would soon be blown up sky high, and become the food of ghouls and vampires. They were sorely disappointed when they found that the castle did not blow up, and that the giaours had taken entire possession of it.
In the prisons of Kiobeh you keep the enemies of Islam, and while you are pondering over the mysteries of the Koran, the infidel dogs are murdering your wives and children. Arise, believers of Islam, and kill the Giaours!" The crowd yelled like savages.
It was evident that the visits of giaours to this place had been few and far between. The shepherds returned our salutation with some hesitation, while their ladles dropped into the soup, and their gaze became fixed on our huge helmets, our dogskin top-coats, and abbreviated nether garments.
The grave old Turks looked on with astonishment, and called us mad Giaours, or some such name; and the little boys used to throw stones at us, or spit as we passed, but we did not care for that; we only laughed at them, and rode on. Once we rode into a village, and seeing an odd-looking building, we agreed that we should like to have a look inside.
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