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Show Jeffries, Section 3, Page 51 didn't they tell him, well this boorish Ali Baba at my portals, I was about out of the mood, and he pointed at me, pointing at him, and said clearly and with premeditation, 'I cannot fight. . .this strange duel.' "Okay, I figured, if ever there was an annulment. But then he took a different tack, backing off to talk to one of his priests or wizards. "And he began along this religious line of reasoning. Inherent in Moslem law the concept of surrender. Islam is submission. Gismah, I believe he put it, one's portion, lot, fate." "Sure Daisy remember that movie called it Kismet--" "In rushed this turbaned devil with his midget scimitar. The world history starts spinning in my head: '--astronomers, the conceptualization of the number zero, the Moslems skilled surgeons--' I gave them a bloodcurdling scream. My husband moved toward me with what I interpreted to be sympathy. I thought if I could give him some kind of story--" "Yes," Dory agreed, "To regale, more accurately enchain him; I can see you, inventive as Sheherazade-" "The Monroe County sheriffs were on the way. I heard the European pitch of their sirens, honking at octaves. . . '"Be gentle,' the king advised. I kicked out at them. |