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.( 21,) .TT:I recalled the long chain of unhappy events during herexistence with a vulgar, lecherous husband. I recounted thejealousy which had devoured her, the humiliation which hadsaddened her soul and the fear which had tormented herheart.Then I brought to memory the mishap which had utterlycrushed her when she heard the news of her husband'smurder and the deplorable and shameful conditions in whichhe had met death.Then I thought over the infinite sufferings which hadsubmerged her like water does a drowning man when thefamily had disowned her, turned her out of doors and exiledher and her two daughters.I relived these sad memories which did away with anypossibility of refusal or discussion; I had to obey and beresigned . (The Call of the Curlew:13)It is worth noting that Taha Hussein seems to have used theverb dhakara in the more common form: tadhakar .ST: .(67,)TT:But you voice, beloved bird, gradually died away and now Ican no longer hear it; my uncle's voice does not reach meeither. I have lost the notion of things around me. (The Callof the Curlew: 53)