Note 5 — DEUXIÈME ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
63 5 muezzin: an officer of a Mohammedan mosque who calls the faithful to prayer by crying from the top of the minaret. Since the minaret is high and from the top the muezzin has a view of the roofs of the houses where the Mohammedan women spend a great deal of the time, blind men are sought for this office--découpant ... dans: 'his white shadow standing out against.'