[FN#324] The last verse (286) of chapt. ii. The Cow: "compelleth" in the sense of "burdeneth."
[FN#325] Salih's speeches are euphuistic.
[FN#326] From the F á tihah.
[FN#327] A truly Eastern saying, which ignores the "old maids" of the West.
[FN#328] i.e naming her before the lieges as if the speaker were her and his superior. It would have been more polite not to have gone beyond " the unique pearl and the hoarded jewel :" the offensive part of the speech was using the girl's name.
[FN#329] Meaning emphatically that one and all were nobodies.
[FN#330] Arab Badr, the usual pun.
[FN#331] Arab. "Kir á t" ( ) the bean of the Abrus precatorius, used as a weight in Arabia and India and as a bead for decoration in Africa. It is equal to four Kamhahs or wheat grains and about 3 grs. avoir.
