ABSTRACT
I made a sign to the slave to take a chair (I had been weak enough to buy chairs); but she shook her head, and I realised that the table was so low that my idea was silly. So I set cushions on the floor, and sat down on them, inviting her to sit down on the other side, but nothing would induce her to do so. She turned her head away, and covered her mouth with her hand. "My child," said I, " does this mean that you intend to let yourself die of starvation?"
