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...subdued laughter, and whispered conversation of their mistresses murmuring along in an under-current of sound — the sight of nearly three hundred women...forth of a chorus of voices into one of the wildest and shrillest of Turkish melodies, that was caught up and flung back by the echoes of the vast hall,...

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...awaken the very marble with which they were lined — the subdued laughter, and whispered conversation of their mistresses murmuring along in an under current...forth of a chorus of voices into one of the wildest and shrillest of Turkish melodies, that was caught up and flung back by the echoes of the vast hall,...

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...subdued laughter, and whispered conversation of their mistresses murmuring along in an under-current of sound — the sight of nearly three hundred women...laughing, chatting, and refreshing themselves with sweatmeats, sherbet, and lemonade — parties of playful children, apparently quite indifferent to...

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