. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. bt whether I was myself, andperhaps would have unanimously set me down for an impostor,if the schoolmaster had not been present: and from his testi-mony there was no appeal. However, all doubts as to my identity were immediatelyhushed when my mother appeared, who, having heard of myarrival, could no longer keep to the limits of her anderun, butrushed into the assembly with extended arms and a flowingveil, exclaiming, Where, where is he ? where is my son ?—Hajji, my soul, where art thou ? As soon as I had made myself known, she threw herselfupon my nec
. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. bt whether I was myself, andperhaps would have unanimously set me down for an impostor,if the schoolmaster had not been present: and from his testi-mony there was no appeal. However, all doubts as to my identity were immediatelyhushed when my mother appeared, who, having heard of myarrival, could no longer keep to the limits of her anderun, butrushed into the assembly with extended arms and a flowingveil, exclaiming, Where, where is he ? where is my son ?—Hajji, my soul, where art thou ? As soon as I had made myself known, she threw herselfupon my neck, weeping aloud, making use of every expressionof tenderness which her imagination could devise, and lookingat me from head to foot with an eagerness of stare, and animpetuosity of expression, that none but a mother can command. In order to rouse my father from the lethargy into which294 THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA he had apparently fallen, the doctor proposed administering acordial, which, having prepared, he endeavoured to pour down. Hajjts father dying. his throat : during the exertion of raising the body, the dyingman sneezed once, which every one present knew was an omenso bad, that no man in his senses would dare venture to give 295 THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA the medicine until two full hours had expired : therefore, itremained in the cup. After having waited the expiration of the two hours, themedicine was again attempted to be administered, when, tothe horror of all present, and to the disappointment of thosewho expected that he should make his will, he was found to bestone dead. In the name of Allah, arise, said the old mollah to him ; we are now writing your will He endeavoured to raise myfather^s head, but to no purpose : life had entirely fled. Water steeped in cotton was then squeezed into his mouth,his feet were carefully placed towards the kebleh, and as soonas it was ascertained that no further hope was left, the priest athis bed-head began to read the Kor
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