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At sunset all the married Mussulmans of Kasan fell on their knees upon the flat roofs of the houses and praised the One and cried: "I thank God that I am not made a woman!"

Only the old Muchail, who was more than eighty years old and had a whole life's experience, stood erect with his arms crossed and knitted his brows and cried or chanted loudly: