The Burton Holmes lectures; . MOROCCO 63 the close of a long period of doubt and uncertainty as to thepossibility of undertaking the expedition, and because itmarks the beginning of a new life — the entry into a newworld, which is yet immeasurably old. The pack-mules incharge of the three servants have been sent on ahead to awaitus in the suburbs. Kaid Lharbi, muffled in his blue burnoose,has been stationed like an equestrian statue at the door of thehotel since early morning. Haj, the guide, is here, there, andeverywhere, attending to the thousand and one little detailsand difficulties that a
The Burton Holmes lectures; . MOROCCO 63 the close of a long period of doubt and uncertainty as to thepossibility of undertaking the expedition, and because itmarks the beginning of a new life — the entry into a newworld, which is yet immeasurably old. The pack-mules incharge of the three servants have been sent on ahead to awaitus in the suburbs. Kaid Lharbi, muffled in his blue burnoose,has been stationed like an equestrian statue at the door of thehotel since early morning. Haj, the guide, is here, there, andeverywhere, attending to the thousand and one little detailsand difficulties that always arise at the last moment. We bid adieu to our acquaintances at the hotel door. Atlast the start is made, we file through narrow streets, crossthe crowded market-place, and on its outskirts overtake thepack-mules and the muleteers. A few necessary articles,brought at the last moment by our thoughtful Haj, whowould have felt himself disgraced had he forgotten anything,are added to the already heavy burdens of the THE DEPARTURE 64 INTO MOROCCO Then at a sis:nal, our men, the skeptic Haj, and all therest reverently turn their faces toward the East, towardHolv Mecca, ^^^^^^^^^ while Kaid Lluirbi, his
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