[FN#75] The left hand is considered unclean, being used for certain ablutions, and it is therefore a breach of good manners to use it in eating. [FN#76] Between the two palaces. [FN#77] Apparently said in jest. [FN#78] i.e. do not forget me. [FN#79] A kind of edible arum. [FN#80] This is apparently some proverbial saying. The meaning appears to be, "Let every man be judge of his own case." [FN#81] That none might stare at or jostle her. [FN#82] About a hundred and twenty-five pounds. [FN#83] About five hundred pounds. [FN#84] i.e. of prime cost. [FN#85] The face of a mistress. [FN#86] It is a common Oriental figure to liken a languishing eye to a dying narcissus. [FN#87] One of the companions of Mohammed. [FN#88] Prater. [FN#89] Babbler. [FN#90] Gabbler. [FN#91] The Stone Mug. [FN#92] The Braggart. [FN#93] Noisy. [FN#94] Silent. [FN#95] Mohammed. [FN#96] Or attendant on the people in the bath. [FN#97] i.e. a stoker or man who keeps up the fire in the baths. [FN#98] A sort of sermon, which immediately follows, the noontide call to prayer on Fridays. [FN#99] Preliminary to the call to prayer. [FN#100] A.H. 623-640. [FN#101] A leather rug on which they make criminals kneel to be beheaded. [FN#102] It will be seen that the stories told by the barber do not account for the infirmities of all his brothers, as this would imply. [FN#103] A formula of refusal. [FN#104] lit. ladder; a sort of frame, like the triangles to which they bound criminals sentenced to be flogged. [FN#105] Dinars; 100,000 dirhems would be only five thousand dinars and it will be seen from the sequel that El Feshar proposed to spend half that amount upon the dowry and presents to the tire-women alone. [FN#106] i.e. try this. [FN#107] The moon is masculine in Arabic. [FN#108] Mohammed. [FN#109] Or Hajji, pilgrim; title given to those who have made the pilgrimage to Mecca. [FN#110] lit. the fundamentals are remembered. [FN#111] i.e. chanting the ninety-nine names of God or repeating the words "There is no god but God." [FN#112] i.e. a fair faced cup bearer. [FN#113] Generally, the floating ends of the turban. This was for the purpose of concealment and is a common practice with the Bedouins. [FN#114] The name Kerim means "generous." [FN#115] Or perhaps "cancelled." [FN#116] To simulate the customary evidence of virginity. [FN#117] Names of her waiting women. [FN#118] Of providence. [FN#119] i.e. monarch of Persia, the realm of the ancient Kisras or Chosroes. [FN#120] Fitneh.