. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. er to chew the cudof my bitter reflections. But I was mistaken ; for, to add tomy misery, Shekerleb, my wife, as if impelled by some wickeddemon, demanded that I should immediately advance her themoney inserted in the marriage settlement for clothes ; and soworked upon me by her very unreasonable entreaties, that,involving her in the ill humour in which I had continuedagainst my countrymen, I poured forth the current of myfeelings in language and gestures the most violent. Cursesupon them, and maledictions upon her, came from my lips inhorrid successi
. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. er to chew the cudof my bitter reflections. But I was mistaken ; for, to add tomy misery, Shekerleb, my wife, as if impelled by some wickeddemon, demanded that I should immediately advance her themoney inserted in the marriage settlement for clothes ; and soworked upon me by her very unreasonable entreaties, that,involving her in the ill humour in which I had continuedagainst my countrymen, I poured forth the current of myfeelings in language and gestures the most violent. Cursesupon them, and maledictions upon her, came from my lips inhorrid succession, until I, the once mild and patient Hajji, hadbecome more furious then a Mazanderan lion. My wife at first was all astonishment; and, as she drewherself up at the head of her slaves and handmaids, secondedby the old Ayesha, waited with impatient silence for anopportunity to speak. At length, when she had found utter-ance, her mouth appeared too small for the volume of wordswhich flowed from it. Her volubility unloosed the tongue of 408. Ilajji curses Shekerlcb and her by Macmillan & Co. THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA Ayesha, and the old womans those of all the other women,until there arose such a tempest of words and screams, all ofwhich were directed against me, that I was nearly over-whelmed. I would have resisted, but I found it impossible. It ragedwith such fury, that the room in which we all stood was notlarge enough to contain us. I was the first to seek shelterand made a retreat from my harem amid the groans, therevilings, and the clapping of hands of the beings within it,who, with my wife at their head, looked more like maniacsthan those fair creatures in paradise, promised by our Prophetto all true believers. Tired, jaded, and distressed by my days adventures, Iretired into my own apartment, locked the door, and there,though surrounded by and master of every luxury that mancan enjoy, I felt myself the most miserable of beings, detestingmyself
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