Forgotten Embers
“When I arrived today, he came and greeted me.
“'Have some food, Jordan. Isn't it good? Enjoy the fruits of our land!'
And, Eliezer, you should have seen the table he had set for us. It was magnificent. There were fruits and spreads and pies and breads and torts and spice and Turkish delights and lamb and fine cut meats. There was milk and honey, nectar and strong drink, which Stickland and Starver had very much enjoyed. A meal fit for a king. You would have thought he should have served it the day Caliphus came. And, I tell you, Eliezer, I didn't so much as touch a drop from the honeypot.
“'I'm sorry, Mr DelMont,' I told him, 'but I'm making a religious observance.'
“Then Stickland, being a
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