text:  "The house of which I had just so unexpectedly become an inmate was situated in one of the most retired and out of the way parts of the town (and it was not before considerable time had elapsed and then with difficulty that I became acquainted with the labyrinth of narrow lanes alleys and dark passages which it was requisite to thread in order to arrive at this desired haven ) the property of a young man of the name of Giorgio Habbit Jummal--brother-in-law of my friend Assaade to whom one of his sisters was married and whom as he spoke Italian with fluency and ease I at once engaged as my dragoman or interpreter