he has no bread; and life, as you know, is founded on bread, and bread alone.. If a loaf comes his way today, it is hard for that loaf to come his way again on the morrow. He drifts along; he has no trade, he does no work; indeed I never see him but turning, turning like a laden whirligig, walking right and left like a man poisoned — to say nothing of his being, as is well known of him — felled by the fair ones — so that he attaches himself to no one particular woman: they all hold a lofty place in his soul.. The last thing I have to say to you is this: give up thinking of him, for taken all in all he will not do. And be assured that I will not indulge you on this subject in the least.

— You have been truly unjust, Father, and gone to extremes in injustice. This man you forbid me loves me to a degree for which — God is witness — many a woman envies me. As for your saying that he is needy to the degree you described — that, of course, is not so. And grant even that he is, as you were pleased to say, "the heart's beloved and its whole concern" — he who loves people, and whom people love, will not want for a loaf on the morrow. Besides, he does practice a pro-fession, and an excellent one it is: for every piece he presents to the radio he is paid tens of liras — and blessed be those noble liras that flow to him by such a road. As for your saying that the fair ones have felled him — by God, no. One fair one alone has felled him, one he has loved for seventeen years down to this day, and loves still and always will;

and it is the refusal of that fair one's family to accept him that has drawn this turmoil upon his working life, so that he fell like a man floundering in a net:

— My daughter, give heed to what I am aiming at for your

sake and desire for you. I have come to you at this hour to acquaint you with a matter of great moment, which concerns you. Mr. Fouad, who asked me for your hand last week — his mother came today for the same purpose. I want nothing to show from you that suggests refusal or non-acceptance. For this rich, comfortable man is not one a woman may win whenever she pleases. Therefore I say: leave the matter to us, and do nothing but what we call upon you to do, without the least hesitation; otherwise you will force me to take a hard line with you — and in any case, what we want must come to pass. You must always stand with the accomplished fact. Mr. Fouad is the worthier husband for you, and with him you will find life dearer and sweeter. So beware, my daughter, beware of failing to seize this precious opportunity; do not let it slip. Mr. Fouad is a fine young man, with the distinguished appearance that draws women and pleases them. And above all this, he is wealthy — and that is what we want.

— Ah, Father, how much my heart is made to suffer, and my imagina-tion weighed down, by such fright-ful pictures as these, which blacken

the world in my eyes. What is this you are saying? Mr. Fouad is young!! And pleasing!! And rich into the bargain!! Is this the whole of the life you hope for me? Have you asked, have you inquired, how far he loves me? Are you certain that with him I shall live the most comfortable of lives, as you imagine? And then, are you certain of him — that his heart is steadfast, and that there is no other tie with women besides me? And who told you that I trade in my beauty? And who told you that my feelings are sick to such a degree? The trade in beauty, Father, is soon spent and gone; and perhaps it runs out faster than one expects — and if that should happen, say, what capital would be left me? Indeed I hold that the radiant, beautiful life belongs to the one from whose soul beauty does not perish except with the perishing of life itself; for the beauty of

the soul is the beauty the heart thirsts after, and in whose regions the spirit takes its beginning.

— But I have told you: do not be defiant. We are your mainstay in this life, and we have, in

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