. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. Carry her away, then, said the voice. To hell yourself, ina suppressed tone, said another ruffian ; upon which my menlifted the dead body into the taboot, placed it upon theirshoulders, and walked off with it to the burial-ground withoutthe city, where they found a grave ready dug to receive walked mechanically after them, absorbed in most melan-choly thoughts ; and when we had arrived at the burial-place,I sat myself down on a gravestone, scarcely conscious ofwhat was going on. I watched the operations of thenasakchies with a sort of unmeaning s
. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. Carry her away, then, said the voice. To hell yourself, ina suppressed tone, said another ruffian ; upon which my menlifted the dead body into the taboot, placed it upon theirshoulders, and walked off with it to the burial-ground withoutthe city, where they found a grave ready dug to receive walked mechanically after them, absorbed in most melan-choly thoughts ; and when we had arrived at the burial-place,I sat myself down on a gravestone, scarcely conscious ofwhat was going on. I watched the operations of thenasakchies with a sort of unmeaning stare ; saw them placethe dead body in the earth ; then shovel the mould over it;then place two stones, one at the feet and the other at thehead. When they had finished, they came up to me, andsaid that all was done : to which I answered, Go home ; Iwill follow. They left me seated on the grave, and returnedto the town. The night continued dark, and distant thunders still echoedthrough the mountains. No other sound was heard save now 243. Death 1894 by Mactnillan &• Co. THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA and then the infant-like cries of the jackal, that now in packs,and then by two or three at the time, kept prowling round themansions of the dead. The longer I remained near the grave the less I felt in-clined to return to my home, and to my horrid emplo)TTientof executioner. I loathed my existence, and longed to be sosecluded from the world, and from all dealings with those ofhigh authority in it, that the only scheme which I could relishwas that of becoming a real dervish, and passing the rest ofmy days in penitence and privations. Besides, the fear ofhaving disclosed, both by my words and actions, how much Iwas involved in the fate of the deceased, came across my mind,and added to my repugnance of returning. Day by this time began to dawn, and impelled, both bya sense of my danger and by my desire to quit a place whichhad become odious to me, I determined to pr
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