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Rh —Widow and her Children—Day of Ill-luck—Feast of "Sainte Barbe"—Force of Custom—Helweh and her First-born Child—Saleh Bek’s Perplexities about the Education of his Daughters—Thoughts about Moslem Women—Missionaries—The Day of Congratulation—Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge—Yassin Agha's Petition and Proposal

CHAPTER XIV. Fête of the Corpus Domini—The Bahjeh—Furrah Giammal and her Love-Letter—Lebîbeh in her New Home—Carmella and her African Attendant—Women of Damascus contrasted with the Women of Hâifa—Bastrîna—Winter at Jerusalem—Surreya Pasha—Houses of Jerusalem numbered—Russian Influence in Palestine—Dr. Levisohn and the Samaritan Pentateuch—Visit of Prince Alfred—Refugees from Arrabeh—Appeal for Protection—Dakhal—Prisoners from Arrabeh—The Governor's Demand for my Protégés—His Forbearance—The Boys taken Prisoners and conveyed to'Akka—Farewell to Hâifa —Miss Bremer—Russian Steamer—Fête of the Grand Duke Constantine—The Bishop's Benediction—Feast for the Pilgrims—The S. S. Demetrius—Jew of Aleppo—Collision—Rabbi Shaayea's Timidity—"Hallo, Jack!"—The Captain and Solomon—Shaayea Missing—Fruitless Search for Shaayea—Official Inquiry