text:  To allow therefore two unknown and friendless strangers to become familiar inmates of an Eastern family exposing wives daughters and sisters to their unhallowed gaze was a favour and mark of confidence on the part of Assaade which we duly appreciated nor ever abused; it was however a privilege to which no other stranger in the place was admitted and affording as it did such opportunities of acquiring the Arabic language I eagerly embraced it without any feeling of regret at the inhospitality to which I was originally indebted for my admission behind the scenes of Oriental life