The quarreling is incessant, and more di-
vorces take place in this land — where a Mo-
hammedan has but to say three times to his
wife, " I divorce you " — during the six
weeks of Ramadan than through all the rest
of the year.
AUi can be said to be our only comfort,
for he does not keep Ramadan ; by the How-
adji's command, and under compulsion, he
is forbidden the pleasure of fasting, but his
countenance is none the less sad when he
comes to the Howadji with the complaint
that the crew call him a Christian.
"If they never call you a worse name
than that, you should be happy," said Sitt.
^^ Never you mind, never you mind," is the
usual enigmatical reply.
