And he whistled, and the rest followed him, clapping, whistling. And the old one went in and the new one came out — came out in her plain dress.. offering them a dance she knows is sweet in their eyes, since it came upon the ruins of a tedious dance by an old dancer.. with a sallow body that moves slowly. And the light of a car's two headlamps comes, and she is lit up, and the drunken fair one is lit up, and she turns her face away from him; but she hears him say:

— Ah.. my darling!

And she smiles a curt smile, cutting it short with a cry that slips out of her breast:

— Go on.. be off with you.

And he falls back a little.. and she smiles. He is laboring hard to please her, even if it should mean his setting upon her colleague; and she loathes this cheap eagerness, but she does not at all loathe that a certain man should press eagerly after her — a man who wants her to wear for him a long white gown, on a night rich with love and with women guests.. Her father said to her one day:

— He wants you.. do you consent?

And she looked through the keyhole and saw a young man, dark of skin, tall, and she answered:

— The decision is yours, father!

And the dark young man went quickly away after that, and she understood that the two had disagreed over the dowry.. What if they had not disagreed over it?

And a high signboard lights up, adorned with several tubes of pale white "neon".. She contemplates it with a pang. Though she cannot read, she knows that this board

bears the name of the most famous dressmaker in Damascus, and she knows that the dancing dress.. and the wedding dress she thinks of having made there might cost,

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Your charm and your allure are affected by the beauty of your hair

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Preserves the hair's luster — protects the scalp and strengthens the hair

Assures softness and sheen — draws all eyes

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