Note 97 — MA’ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE FATIMAH. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
When the charming Princess is so ready at the voie de faits, the reader will understand how common is such energetic action among women of lower degree. The “fair sex” in Egypt has a horrible way of murdering men, especially husbands, by tying them down and tearing out the testicles. See Lane M. E. chapt. xiii.