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Page 87
... Tell me , Bey , for you are a wise man , although you are young , ' yet the Bey's hair was quite white - ' tell me , so that I may know where my bones will be buried . ' And the Bey began to smooth his beard with both hands , and knew ...
... Tell me , Bey , for you are a wise man , although you are young , ' yet the Bey's hair was quite white - ' tell me , so that I may know where my bones will be buried . ' And the Bey began to smooth his beard with both hands , and knew ...
Page 119
... tell me my road is the right one ? ' ' I am not wise , but there have been other wise men before me . ' ' Aga , if you really want to offer me something , tell them to make me linden tea . But without honey , and tell them not to strain ...
... tell me my road is the right one ? ' ' I am not wise , but there have been other wise men before me . ' ' Aga , if you really want to offer me something , tell them to make me linden tea . But without honey , and tell them not to strain ...
Page 120
... tell Karaibrahim . ' ' You will tell him . ' Yes , I would tell him . Could I set out through the forests with- out his knowing ? I was actually a prisoner , and only the attention and the mind of the man opposite me made me forget it ...
... tell Karaibrahim . ' ' You will tell him . ' Yes , I would tell him . Could I set out through the forests with- out his knowing ? I was actually a prisoner , and only the attention and the mind of the man opposite me made me forget it ...
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