And
how, when they had met with no violence but only sulkey silence,
and turned on the lights, there was Leila dressed ready to
elope, and the Theif had his arms around her, and she was
weeping? Because he was poor, although of good familey, and
lived in another city, where he was a broker, my familey had
objected to him. Had I but been taken into Leila's confidence,
which he considered I had, or at least that I understood, how I
would have helped, instead of thwarting! If any parents or older
sisters read this, let them see how wrong it is to leave any
member of the familey in the dark, especialy in _affaires de
couer_.
Having seen from the verandah window that I had comitted an
enor, and unable to bear any more, I crawled in the pantrey
window again and went up stairs to my Chamber. There I undressed
and having hid my weapon, pretended to be asleep.
Some time later I heard my father open the door and look
in.
"Bab!" he said, in a stealthy tone.
I then pretended to wake up, and he came in and turned on
a light.
"I suppose you've been asleep all night," he said, looking
at me with a searching glanse.
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