صفحة 225 من 1116

And did not I fear for thy sake, I would not let a single sun

arise before making his city a ruined heap wherein raven should

croak and howlet hoot, and jackal and wolf harbour and loot; nay

I had removed its very stones to the back side of Mount Kaf."

[FN#122] Rejoined the slave, Thou liest, damn thee! Now I swear

an oath by the valour and honour of blackamoor men (and deem not

our manliness to be ; the poor manliness of white men), from

today forth if thou stay away till this hour, I will not keep

company with thee nor will I glue my body with thy body and strum

and belly bump Dost play fast and loose with us, thou cracked

pot, that we may satisfy thy dirty lusts? stinkard! bitch! vilest

of the vile whites!" When I heard his words, and saw with my own

eyes what passed between these two wretches, the world waxed dark

before my face and my soul knew not in what place it was.