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``` The desert speaks to mademoiselle , ' he said in her hearing . ` Let her listen . ' `` He watched her continually with his huge eyes , and she did not mind his glance , though she began to feel irritated and restless under the observation of her relations . `` Towards noon Tahar again described mirage . As he pointed it out he stared fixedly at mademoiselle . `` The two other Parisians exclaimed that they saw forest trees , a running stream , a veritable oasis , where they longed to rest and eat their _ déjeuner _ . ``` And mademoiselle ? '