[FN#109] Or (in modern slang) "There are good pickings to be had out of this job."
[FN#110] Lit "the douceur of the key," i.e. the gratuity which it is customary to give to the porter or portress on hiring a house or lodging. Cf. the French denier ŗ Dieu, Old English "God's penny."
[FN#111] i.e. made the complete ablution prescribed by the Muslim law after copulation.
[FN#112] i.e. the round opening made in the ceiling for ventilation.
[FN#113] i.e. he who sits on the bench outside the police-office, to attend to emergencies.
[FN#114] Lit. witnesses, i.e. those who are qualified by their general respectability and the blamelessness of their lives, to give evidence in the Mohamedan courts of law.
[FN#115] Sic.
[FN#116] About 50 pounds.
[FN#117] Or guardian.
[FN#118] Syn. book (kitab).