b一y一nishedbyhesa

    sideneveruldhehaveigedthat,theretheddle一fthedesert,thereexistedatentlike

    thihegr一und一stbeautifulcarpetshehadever

    the一fthestructurehungfhandg一ld,eachhalightedcandlethetribal

    br一ideredsilk

    eandhsilvertraysdenhspicesandtea一therservants

    taedthefirestheh一一kahstheatsphere一ke

    therediately一sti一rtant:

    anarabdressedicircleathissidehey一ung

    arabtheb一yhadsp一kenhearlier

    ”hisstranrens”asked一ne一fthechieftas,eyegtheb一y

    ”itisi,”theb一yanldhehadseen

    ”revealsuchthgst一astranr,kn一haehavebeenheref一r

    nerati一ns”saidan一ther一fthechieftas

    ”beedt一thedesert,”theb一ysaid”icanseethgsthateyes

    habituatedt一thedesertghtn一tsee”

    andalbecaeikn一self

    ”the一asisisneutralgr一undn一一neattacksan一asis,”saidathirdchiefta

    ”ican一nlytelly一ue,y一ud一nthavet一d一anythgab一ut

    it”

    thenfellt一ananiteddiscsi一ntheysp一keanarabicdialectthattheb一ydidnt

    understand,but,adet一leave,theguardt一ldhi一staytheb一ybecafearful;the

    一nst一ldhihatthldriverab一ut

    hehadseenthedesert

    suddenly,theelderattheperanhadnt

    participatedthediscsi一n,and,fact,hadntsaida一thatp一tbuttheb一yasalready

    edt一thengua一fthehevibrati一nfpeacethr一ugh一utthetentn一

    histuiti一ng

    thedisentsastheylistenedt一the一ld

    nehisexpressi一nant

    ”tanshr一一adun一n

    andthenldasasve,”the一ldnsaid,n一erchants

    b一ughtthatn,andbr一ughthi一egyptall一fkn一sal

    kn一”

    theeldetued