. Across Asia Minor on foot . and travellers comingdown from the pass were in search of shelter. Theythought themselves hardly used when the khan-keeper said the khan was already full. They pointedto vacant spaces on the divans and against the wallswhere they could sleep; they argued, they pleaded,but all without effect. They were told they mightwarm themselves awhile at the fire, and then, ifthey chose, find shelter in the donkey-stable, butcould sleep nowhere else at Dubekji Khan. Hadmy host been a Greek I should have known thatmy bill would be in proportion to all this exclusive-ness. But h
. Across Asia Minor on foot . and travellers comingdown from the pass were in search of shelter. Theythought themselves hardly used when the khan-keeper said the khan was already full. They pointedto vacant spaces on the divans and against the wallswhere they could sleep; they argued, they pleaded,but all without effect. They were told they mightwarm themselves awhile at the fire, and then, ifthey chose, find shelter in the donkey-stable, butcould sleep nowhere else at Dubekji Khan. Hadmy host been a Greek I should have known thatmy bill would be in proportion to all this exclusive-ness. But he was a simple Turk, he guessed thatI should pay well, and was contented with theprospect. At this khan host and guests found themselveson easy terms at once. On my divan I set up mybed and stoves and cooked and ate to my liking,and then with the lamp hung on a nail above myhead I could lie in my sack and read. On the otherdivan Ighsan, our host and his son—a lad of sixteen—sat on the skins of wolves and deer. They smoked. Turks at Duulnji , :3i.
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