Note 164
The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad.
"ln the name of Allah," is here a civil form of dismissal.
…they fell on their backs, and returned to their carousel, and ceased not to be after this fashion till night began to fall. Thereupon said they to the Porter, “Bismillah,[FN#164] O our master, up and on with those sorry old shoes of thine and turn thy face and show us the breadth of thy shoulders!” Said he, "By Allah, to part with my soul would be easier for me than departing from you: come let us join night to day, and tomorr…
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