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LMET the Dervise, who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre the Prophet, as he one day rose up  the devotions of the morning,  he had performed at the gate of  temple, with his body turned towards the east, and his forehead upon  earth, he saw before him a man in  apparel, attended by a long retinue, who gazed steadfastly on him, with  look of mournful complacency, and  desirous to speak, with unwilling  offend.

The Dervise, after a short silence, and saluted him with the calm, which independence confers  humility, requested that he would  his purpose.