"See," she said, "here are bread and meat."
She would have spread the napkin upon the ground,but the mistress spoke again,
"Do not so, Amrah. Those yonder may stone you,and refuse us drink. Leave the basket with me. Take up the jar and fill it, and bring it here. We will carry them to the tomb with us. For this day you will then have rendered all the service that is lawful. Haste, Amrah."
The people under whose eyes all this had passed made way for the servant, and even helped her fill the jar, so piteous was the grief her countenance showed.