Now the woman, being woman, and they are all alike, will take note of the _hakim_ and pretend to little sickness for the sake of making talk.

Whereas the men, being, as it were, the guardians of the woman, will be seized with pride and jealousy.

So that what with the woman's curiosity and the men's watchfulness there will be great need for discretion." "How would you define discretion ?" "In the case of the woman, insolence.

In the case of the men, a good humor--with perhaps some such physic for quarrelsomeness as croton oil administered in their food on suitable occasion.
Whenever they get suspicious, sahib, drench their food! "When the woman makes great eyes and shams complaints, tell her what their cursed Prophet said of women.

Never mind whether he said it or not, sahib, for she will not know the truth of it, never having read the book.