. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. ? I will have it. You shall not, retorted the other. Upon this an uproar ensued, which became so loud andthreatening, that I feared it would come to the ears of AsianSultan, who very probably would have settled the dispute bytaking at once the bone of contention from the contendingparties. But luckily the astrologer interfered, and when hehad assured the second wife that the blood of the Banou wouldbe upon her head if anything unfortunate happened on thisoccasion, she consented to give up her pretensions. I accord-ingly prepared to bleed my patient ;
. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. ? I will have it. You shall not, retorted the other. Upon this an uproar ensued, which became so loud andthreatening, that I feared it would come to the ears of AsianSultan, who very probably would have settled the dispute bytaking at once the bone of contention from the contendingparties. But luckily the astrologer interfered, and when hehad assured the second wife that the blood of the Banou wouldbe upon her head if anything unfortunate happened on thisoccasion, she consented to give up her pretensions. I accord-ingly prepared to bleed my patient ; but when she saw thepenknife, the cap underneath to receive her blood, and theanxious faces of those about her, she became frightened, andrefused to permit me to proceed. Fearing after all that Ishould lose iny prize, I put on a very sagacious look, felt herpulse, and said that her refusal was unavailing, for that itwas her fate to be bled, and that she and every one knew no-thing could avert an event which had been decreed since theC 17. Hajjl bleeds the 1894 by Macmillan &? Co, THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA beginning of the world. To this there was no reply ; and allagreeing that she would commit a great sin were she to opposeherself to the decrees of Providence, she put out her bare arm,and received the stab from my penknife with apparent blood was caught ; and, when the operation was over, Iordered that it should be conveyed to a little distance from thecamp, and that none but myself should be permitted to approachit, as much of the good or evil that might accrue to the patientfrom bleeding depended upon what happened to the bloodafter it had flown from the body. I waited until night, wheneverybody was asleep, and then with great anxiety ripped upthe lining, where to my joy I found the fifty ducats, which Iimmediately concealed in an adjacent spot, and then dug a holefor the cap, which I also concealed. In the morning I in-formed the Banou, tha
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