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?

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