other · Issue No. 11, November 1956 · p. 29
A Notable... and Servants
وجيه ... وخدم
A certain notable put up at a hotel in one of the summer resorts, and when he had retired to his bed, the head servant came and said to him courteously: At what hour do you wish the servant to wake you, sir?
The guest answered him:
"There is no need for that — I usually wake of my own accord at six in the morning"...
The head servant thought for a moment and said to him with a smile:
— Might you then be so kind as to wake the servants at that hour?
نزل احد الوجهاء في فندق باحدى المصايف، وعندما أوى الى فراشه، جاء رئيس الخدم وقال له متلطفاً: في اي ساعة تريد ان يوقظك الخادم يا سيدي؟
فأجابه النزيل بقوله:
«لا داعي لذلك فانا استيقظ من تلقاء نفسي عادة في السادسة صباحاً»..
ففكر رئيس الخدم برهة وقال له باسماً:
- ايمكن اذن ان تتكرم بايقاظ الخدم في هذا الموعد.
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