Note 169
The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad.
Arab. "Gharíb:" the porter is offended because the word implies "poor devil;" esp. one out of his own country.
…lbeit he was by no means sober and was sore after his slappings. So they thought that he was one of themselves and said, "A mendicant like us! whether Arab or foreigner."[FN#169] But when the Porter heard these words, he rose up, and fixing his eyes fiercely upon them, said, "Sit ye here without exceeding in talk! Have you not read what is writ over the door? surely it befitteth not fellows who come to us like paupers to wag y…
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