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My dear nurse Embarka would kill Tahar for me if she could get at him, the
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Little Rose said one day, calmly.
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That would end my trouble, but she cannot reach him, and there is no one she can trust among those who cook or serve food in the men's part of our house.
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If a viper were ready to strike you or one you loved, would you think harm of killing it? she asked.
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Tahar is venomous as a viper. I should give thanks to Allah if he were dead, no matter how he died. But since Allah does not will his death, I must pray for courage to die myself rather than be false to Manöel, who has perhaps himself gone to Paradise, since he does not answer when I call; and if a woman can have a soul, I may belong to him there.