"Have a care, O Father of Lamps," he said; "the Englishman will not take a
cracked glass."
"What is this," cried the Lamps' Father in great anger, "who sells cracked
lamps? If there is a flaw in one of mine, ask me for two dollars."
Salam held the lamp with cracked glass up against the light. "Two
dollars," he said briefly. The tradesman's face fell. He put his tongue
out and smote it with his open hand.
"Ah," he said mournfully, when he had admonished the unruly member, "who
can set a curb upon the tongue?"[26]
FOOTNOTES:
[24] Mulai Rashed II.
[25] The royal umbrella.
[26] Cf. James iii. 8. But for a mere matter of dates, one would imagine
that Luther detected the taint of Islam in James when he rejected his
Epistle.
THE SLAVE MARKET AT MARRAKESH
[Illustration: A MOSQUE, MARRAKESH]
CHAPTER VII
THE SLAVE MARKET AT MARRAKESH
As to your slaves, see that ye feed them with such food as ye eat
yourselves, and clothe them with the stuff ye wear. And if they commit
a fault which ye are not willing to forgive, then sell them, for they
are the servants of Allah, and are not to be tormented.
--_Mohammed's last Address.
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