Shaving of
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3
作者：Meredith, George, 1828-1909
体例：题 章数：49
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章节目录
共 49 题- THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
- By George Meredith
- AN ARABIAN ENTERTAINMENT
- BOOK 3.
- THE LILY OF THE ENCHANTED SEA
- But the Genie said, 'Nay, there will come a time for that, traitress!'
- She said, 'On our way to Aklis.'
- So she said, 'And now give ear to the following':--
- Then I said to him, 'Lov'st thou Goorelka?'
- So I cried, 'And tell me how he may be disenchanted.'
- He said, 'Swear first to be mine unreluctantly.'
- Then I said, 'What is thy oath?'
- He answered, 'I swear, when I swear, by the Identical.'
- So I cried, ''Tis well! carry me back to Oolb.'
- And I said, 'Must it live in a head, the Identical?'
- Cried he, 'Woe to what else holdeth it!'
- THE WILES OF RABESQURAT
- But she exclaimed, 'Ah, worse to feign forgetfulness!'
- Thereupon she cried, 'Said I not so? and I the betrothed.'
- Still he exclaimed, 'I cannot think it! Wullahy, it were a wonder!'
- She answered, 'The voice of my lord is music in the ear of the bride.'
- Thereat, she shook her head, saying, 'I know nought of that one.'
- She said, 'Clean shorn!'
- She cried, 'No wonders, my life! I am sated with them.'
- She answered, 'Too truly so!'
- He answered, 'Three!'
- Quoth Shibli Bagarag, 'Thou?'
- He answered, 'No word of it now. Is't agreed?'
- So Shibli Bagarag cried, 'Even so.'
- THE PALACE OF AKLIS
- He cried, 'The Sword of Aklis! nought save the Sword!'
- He answered, 'We will prove how that may be.'
- So Shibli Bagarag cried, 'Surely he is before thee, in Aklis.'
- THE SONS OF AKLIS
- He answered, 'Paravid; Garraveen; and the Lily of the Sea!'
- And another called, 'Admittance for his people!'
- They answered, 'A King in mightiness! Sultan of a race!'
- But they said only, 'The burden of his crown is for the King.'
- They answered, 'Our King!'
- And he said, 'How so?'
- They answered, 'By the crowning of the brides of Aklis.'
- Then he said, 'What be ye, O my subjects?'
- And he said, 'How that?'
- They answered, 'By a touch of the gall of the Roc on his forehead.'
- So she said, ''Tis well; I wot of it.'
- And they heard the Voice answer from a depth, ''Twere well it rust not!'
- And they heard the Voice answer, 'Even so!'
- THE SWORD OF AKLIS
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