Oriental Acquaintance Or Letters From Syria
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The natives, necessarily, have a very poor idea of the purity of Frank women, from seeing them constantly unveiled, and familiarly sociable with men. I was sitting one evening in the tent of an American gentleman, who, with his wife, was my companion in a tour through the northern portion of Syria. Rude, inquisitive villagers lounged without, expressing their opinions of our appearance and manners, unre- strained by a fear of being overheard. " God !" said a voice, " what fools are these Franks... ! How can a Howaja like that burden himself with the company of a wife !" "Doubtless, " responded another, "he is afraid to leave her at home. Doubtless he wants to keep an eye on her. " "God!" resumed the first speaker, "why does he not put a veil on her shameless face !" Syrian intellects were fast getting into a muddled state, when I was in the country, by reason of the vagaries of a certain neuralgic Pasha, who reigned at Beirut. This remarka- ble ruler's character seemed to consist of one 174 ORIENTAL ACQUAINTANCE.
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The natives, necessarily, have a very poor idea of the purity of Frank women, from seeing them constantly unveiled, and familiarly sociable with men. I was sitting one evening in the tent of an American gentleman, who, with his wife, was my companion in a tour through the northern portion of Syria. Rude, inquisitive villagers lounged without, expressing their opinions of our appearance and manners, unre- strained by a fear of being overheard. " God !" said a voice, " what fools are these Franks... ! How can a Howaja like that burden himself with the company of a wife !" "Doubtless, " responded another, "he is afraid to leave her at home. Doubtless he wants to keep an eye on her. " "God!" resumed the first speaker, "why does he not put a veil on her shameless face !" Syrian intellects were fast getting into a muddled state, when I was in the country, by reason of the vagaries of a certain neuralgic Pasha, who reigned at Beirut. This remarka- ble ruler's character seemed to consist of one 174 ORIENTAL ACQUAINTANCE.
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