My brother and myself finally succeeded in placing them in a proper position in front of the pulpit, and then we waited until Asaad and Michaiel and Yusef and Nasif had enforced a tolerable stillness.

It should be said that silence and good order are almost unknown in the Oriental churches.

Men are walking about and talking, and even laughing, while the priests are "performing" the service, and they are much impressed by the quiet and decorum of Protestant worship.
The two brides were closely veiled so that I could not distinguish the one from the other.

Ibrahim was slender and tall, at least six feet three, and Yunis was short and corpulent.

So likewise, one of the brides was very tall, and the other even shorter than Yunis.