human
Take heart, O brother; God will fill her place to thee with one far better. But he continued to weep, saying,
gpt
Alas! How can I marry another when this very day I depart this life?
human
Nay, said I,
gpt
He then raised his head and dried his tears, and said to me very slowly,
human
Hear me, O my brother! Knowest thou not that, to-day, they will bury my wife, and that they will bury me also in the same tomb with her? For such is our custom. When husband or wife is buried the other must be buried also, so that neither may continue to enjoy life alone.
gpt
By Allah! said I, smiting palm on palm,