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Do with me as thou wilt, my lord, she said gently;
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Shabash! Shabash! Tara, cried Zyna exultingly, clapping her hands;
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she continued, turning round and looking up, as Lurlee entered,
gpt
I am witness, said the lady;
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I have heard all, and I am content. Alla and the Prophet have answered my prayers. Ah! I shall have a precious child to give to thee, Fazil, ere long.
gpt
Put her hands into mine, mother, he replied.
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It will feel real, that she is to belong to me hereafter: it will be an earnest of the end.
gpt
It is not one of the orthodox customs, Fazil, said the lady, gravely and hesitatingly:
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Thou art still a Brahmun, she said to Tara,
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she continued, as she put a piece into each of their mouths, repeating the blessing,
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Bismilla! It is done; ye cannot go back. There should be rejoicing, and music, and feasting; but,--Bismilla! it is done, and ye cannot retract. O children! O children! she cried, bursting into a flood of tears,
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I am a widow, and have suffered sore bereavement; but ye are the light of my eyes and the only joy of my heart now! Here are her hands, Fazil, and she took up Tara's, and put them into his--