[FN#520]Arab. "Second Day," i.e. after Saturday, the true Sabbath, so marvellously ignored by Christendom.
[FN#521] Readers who wish to know how a traveller is lodged in a Wak á lah, Khan, or Caravanserai, will consult my Pilgrimage, i. 60.
[FN#522] The original occupation of the family had given it a name, as amongst us.
[FN#523] The usual "chaff" or banter allowed even to modest women when shopping, and--many a true word is spoken in jest.
[FN#524] "La adamn á k" = Heaven deprive us not of thee, i.e. grant I see thee often!
[FN#525] This is a somewhat cavalier style of advance; but Easterns under such circumstances go straight to the point, hating to filer the parfait amour.
[FN#526] The peremptory formula of a slave delivering such a message.
[FN#527] This would be our Thursday n
