Now her beloved was far away and there was nobody to whom she could reveal the secrets of her heart. The star of her life was setting, leaving her only with memories which sometimes consoled her but at other times brought the most excruciating torment. If her parents had not been so selfish, sacrificing her wishes in order to marry her to Hassan, she would still have been happy and healthy. Nature herself, by her own inspiration, guides us to the right path. Blind prejudice turns us from it!
When a passer-by asked her why she was sitting alone, Zainab continued her progress until she reached the canal. As it was nearly time for the water round, she sat down to rest against a tree trunk and picking up some pebbles, she threw them one after another into the water that flowed gently by, refl
