Butler s DelightsChapter 5 A Present From The Emir
The following day the Chief Eunuch arrived in Robinson's quarters with a woman in an abaya. "This is Thurayya, a present from the Emir," the old eunuch explained, "to replace the ones you rejected." The woman removed her abaya and stood naked with her head bowed and her feet apart, waiting for further orders. Robinson looked her over and walked slowly round her, She was olive-skinned with long shiny black hair, the typical Arab idea of beauty, well, even abundantly, fleshed and about...