Shaving of
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1
作者：Meredith, George, 1828-1909
体例：题 章数：54
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共 54 题- THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
- By George Meredith
- AN ARABIAN ENTERTAINMENT
- CONTENTS:
- THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT
- BOOK I.
- THE THWACKINGS
- So the old woman said, 'Tell me thy case.'
- The King said, ''Tis commanded!'
- Shagpat answered, 'That with thee!'
- Shagpat answered, ''Tis well!'
- Cried he, 'A proposal honourable to thee, and pleasant in the ear.'
- She added, 'Provided thou marry me in sweet marriage.'
- He answered, 'The edge is keen, the hand ready.'
- Then said she, ''Tis well.'
- Then said the Chief Vizier, 'O Shibli Bagarag, where now is thy tackle?'
- If thou wouldst have thy achievement as high
- And the youth answered, 'She is, O Vizier, that she is!'
- AND THIS IS THE STORY OF BHANAVAR THE BEAUTIFUL
- So he said, 'Seek not to hear of it, O my betrothed!'
- Then she said, 'How came the Jewel there, in such a place?'
- She cried, 'Surely precious?'
- He answered, 'Beyond price!'
- So she said, 'Thou fearest a risk?'
- Then she wept, and pulled her veil close, murmuring, ''Tis well!'
- Ruark stooped to her and said, 'Tell me thy name.'
- She answered, 'Bhanavar is my name with that people.'
- Now, the Chief leaned to her yet nearer, saying, 'Show me the Jewel.'
- She cried, 'Is he here, the Prince, that I may speak with him?'
- She replied, 'Ill-omened is it, this name of Bhanavar!'
- She answered, 'As my lord willeth; I am his.'
- Said he, 'And it is thy desire?'
- And he replied, 'Even so.'
- Said she, 'Hie over to the broker opposite, and bring him hither to me.'
- Ukleet departed, saying, 'To hear is to obey.'
- So Bhanavar cried to him, 'Fix a price for it, O thou broker!'
- She answered, 'How, but by the Serpents!'
- Almeryl beheld his danger, and he said, 'Is this so?'
- So he told her, 'In the burial-ground of the great prison.'
- I weep again?
- Said Boolp, 'Hearing is compliance in such a case.'
- How so? But let discreetness reign and security flourisheth!'
- Cried he, 'Another?'
- She rejoined,--
- She continued,--
- Then she cried, 'There's much ye know in common, ye two.'
- He peered at her inquiringly, echoing 'Why?'
- And she repeated, as a child might repeat it, 'Why that?'
- Cried she, 'And whither goeth my lord, and on what errand?'
- So she cried, 'How? What say'st thou, Ruark? 'tis a riddle.'
- So she said, ''Tis Bhanavar! hast thou forgotten her?'
- But he replied, 'Nay! said I not my soul is thine?'
- He remained still, saying, 'What thou hast been thou art.'
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