The Burton Holmes lectures; . UK lAEMNG IN venture out upon the terrace of our villa. The roof terracesare sacred to the women ; there they may bare their faces inthe light of (la\, there they may lay aside their shrouds, and,bathed in the soft evening light, appear for a brief space asliving women,— women with charms and personalities. Themen of Fez have tacitly agreed that on the housetops thewomen shall be free from male observation, free to forgetthat they are practically slaves. We could not bind our-. WHERE INBELIENERS SELDOM TREAD FEZ 223 selves to keep this courteous law, t
The Burton Holmes lectures; . UK lAEMNG IN venture out upon the terrace of our villa. The roof terracesare sacred to the women ; there they may bare their faces inthe light of (la\, there they may lay aside their shrouds, and,bathed in the soft evening light, appear for a brief space asliving women,— women with charms and personalities. Themen of Fez have tacitly agreed that on the housetops thewomen shall be free from male observation, free to forgetthat they are practically slaves. We could not bind our-. WHERE INBELIENERS SELDOM TREAD FEZ 223 selves to keep this courteous law, the view from our roofterrace was too tempting. All Fez was there spread out beforeus, Fez with its snowy dwellings reflecting the golden rays ofthe declining sun, Fez with its minarets, its mosques, itspalaces ; Fez with its streets seldom trodden by the feet of un-believers, its sacred places never polluted by an alien glance. 3fc?|:^;W £^f-. ^^^?-^ -.^^ V*^^*^ . THE FIERCE SlRROLNDING COUNTRY Old Fez so long the city of our dreams now becomethe city of our waking thoughts, is soon to become thecity of our reminiscences. For alas ! this is to be ourlast evening in the holy city. The limit of official toleranceis reached ; our passports have been suggestively returned,and, knowing the futility of protest, vve dine in regretfulsilence close to the open window that we may not lose asingle phase of the ever-changing coloring and lighting of thepicture there revealed to us. For the last time we watch thecit
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