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door  in  the  building.  All  this  time,  about  the  space  of
a  minute,  the  congregation  were  waiting  and  wondering
what  the  imdni  was  doing.  Perhaps  they  thought  that
he  was  a  little  faint.  However,  at  last  one  worshipper
lifted  his  head,  and  on  discovering  that  both  their  priest
and  wraps  had  disappeared,  shouted  to  his  fellow-dupes,
"  Sorrow,  a  hundred  sorrows,  0  brethren !  Sharaf  Tsiir
has  met  with  us.  We  have  been  led  in  prayer  by  an
unbelieving  rogue ! "

III.
