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User Review - justindtapp - LibraryThingThis collection of 29 Turkish short stories was first published in 1898. It is a charming look at life in the Ottoman Empire, particularly in Istanbul. What particularly struck me was the co-mingling ... Read full review
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User Review - justindtapp - LibraryThingThis collection of 29 Turkish short stories was first published in 1898. It is a charming look at life in the Ottoman Empire, particularly in Istanbul. What particularly struck me was the co-mingling ... Read full review
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Ahmet Allah answered arrived asked astrologer beadle become blessing bring Brother brought Cadi called Chief closed decided departed Dervish devil door dream Effendi enter explained faith father five forty friends gate gave give gold gone goose Grand Vizier Hadji Hadji Ahmet Halid hand Hanoum happened hast head heard hearing Hodja horse hour hundred hurried husband Hussein Imam immediately Jesus judges Khan knew labored lady learned lived look Majesty means Moïse morning never night once opened ordered Palace Pasha passed piasters poor punish received remaining removed replied returned saved sent slave Stamboul stood Sultan taken tell thee thinking thou thought thousand told took tree Turk turned wife wise wish woman write young
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Page 30 - Oh husband," replied his wife, "and do you not understand what that black bag containing the twelve grains of wheat means ? " "Alas! no," replied Hadji. "Why, my husband, it is plain, plain as if it had been told. She lives in the Wheat Market, at house No. 12, with a black door.
Page 31 - don't you understand what the basin of water thrown out of the door means ? " " Alas ! no," said Hadji. " Veyh ! Veyh ! (an exclamation of pity) it means that at the back of the house there is a running stream, and that you must go to her that way.