text:  Pipes narghilis sherbet and coffee followed in quick succession; the young negress Saade acting as Hebe on the occasion; and the ladies at first timid as gazelles of the desert soon like those pretty creatures when reclaimed from the wilderness became quite domesticated acquired confidence and freely joined in the conversation which was with volubility carried on through the medium of Giorgio and Assaade; and ere an hour had elapsed we were all on the friendly and easy footing of old acquaintances; when taking leave for the time we hastened to make the necessary arrangements for the conveyance of our goods and chattels to the capital billets we had had the good fortune to stumble on