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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Desert Love, by Joan Conquest This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Desert Love Author: Joan Conquest Release Date: March 3, 2005 [EBook #15242] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DESERT LOVE *** Produced by Al Haines DESERT LOVE BY JOAN CONQUEST Author of "Leonie of the Jungle" NEW YORK THE MACAULAY COMPANY Copyright, 1920 By THE MACAULAY COMPANY PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. TO M. F. CONTENTS PART I THE SEED PART II THE FLOWER PART III THE FRUIT PART I THE SEED DESERT LOVE CHAPTER I Jill looked at the East! At her feet sat huddled groups of women, just bundles of black robes, some with discs about their necks, some with chains or golden crescents upon the forehead, all wearing the _burko_ [yashmak or face veil] covering the entire face with the exception of the eyes, and held in position between the eyebrows by the quaint tube-shaped _selva_, fastening it to the _tarhah_, the flowing black veil which nearly touches the ground behind, covers the head, and pulled down to the eyebrows leaves just the beautiful dark eyes to be seen, glancing up timidly--in this case--at the golden-haired, blue-eyed girl above them. Men of different classes stood around, or squatted on their heels upon the ground, all in flowing robes of different colouring and various stages of cleanliness, some with heads covered in turbans, some with the tarboosh, others with the kahleelyah or head handkerchief, all chattering with the exception of the higher classes and the Bedouins, the latter clothed in white, with the distinctive thong of camel's hair wound about the head covering, arms folded and face passively serene, looking as though they had stepped right out of the Old Testament on to the fly-ridden, sunbaked station of Ismailiah; whilst vendors of cakes, sticky, melting sweets, and small oranges, wandered in and out of the crowd screaming their wares. Shouts of laughter drew Jill's attention to the other side of the station, where, with terms of endearment mixed with blood-curdling threats, a
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