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394 TYING THE NAARAH
" On his return, after a short absence, to his
pupils, he was about to re-commence the pas-
sage at which he had left off to attend his wife's
summons ; one of the young men, however, in-
terrupted him by the inquiry, ' Whether he had
performed the important business of tying the
naarah to the moosul?' — 'Yes,' answered the
moollah, very mildly, ' and by so doing I have
secured peace to my wife's disturbed mind.'-—
' But how is it, reverend Sir,' rejoined the stu-
dent, ' that your actions and your precepts are
at variance ? You caution us against every
species of superstition, and yet that you have
in this instance complied with one, is very
evident.'—' I grant you, my young friend,' said
the moollah, ' that I have indeed done so, but
my motive for this deviation is, I trust, correct.
I could have argued with you on the folly of
tying the naarah to the moosul, and you would
have been convinced by my arguments ; but my
wife, alas ! would not listen to any thing but
—the custom—the custom of the whole village.
I went with reluctance, I performed the cere-
mony with still greater; yet I had no alternative
" On his return, after a short absence, to his
pupils, he was about to re-commence the pas-
sage at which he had left off to attend his wife's
summons ; one of the young men, however, in-
terrupted him by the inquiry, ' Whether he had
performed the important business of tying the
naarah to the moosul?' — 'Yes,' answered the
moollah, very mildly, ' and by so doing I have
secured peace to my wife's disturbed mind.'-—
' But how is it, reverend Sir,' rejoined the stu-
dent, ' that your actions and your precepts are
at variance ? You caution us against every
species of superstition, and yet that you have
in this instance complied with one, is very
evident.'—' I grant you, my young friend,' said
the moollah, ' that I have indeed done so, but
my motive for this deviation is, I trust, correct.
I could have argued with you on the folly of
tying the naarah to the moosul, and you would
have been convinced by my arguments ; but my
wife, alas ! would not listen to any thing but
—the custom—the custom of the whole village.
I went with reluctance, I performed the cere-
mony with still greater; yet I had no alternative