Note 345
Tale of the Portress.
The man had fallen in love with her and determined to mark her so that she might be his.
…lla between me and the people passing and he put his mouth to my cheek under the veil. But while kissing me he bit me so hard a bite that it tore the flesh from my cheek,[FN#345] and blood flowed fast and faintness came over me. The old woman caught me in her arms and, when I came to myself, I found the shop shut up and her sorrowing over me and saying, "Thank Allah for averting which might have been worse!" Then she said to m…
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