Through thick waves of hot air he heard many voices.
First the voice of the crier, "So shall it be done to every man who is an enemy of the Kaid, and to every woman who is a play-actor and a cheat." Then the voice of the soldier, "Balak! Balak!" After that a multitudinous din that seemed to break off sharply and then to come muffled and dense as from the other side of the closed gate.
When Israel came to himself again he was walking on a barren heath that was dotted over with clumps of the long aloe, and he was holding Naomi by the hand..