Through the lands of the Serb,

BERANI 289 " No." "Did the Turks kill him?" "No." This caused surprise. "Hast thou brothers?" Yes." "Glory be to God! How many Turks have they killed?" for my male relatives were always credited with a martial ardour which they are far from possessing. The news that they had killed none caused disappointment. Then " Is thy vilayet (province) far off? " "Very far." " Five days?" "More." " God help thee! Are there many Turks in thy vilayet? " "None." " No Turks? Dear God, it is a marvel!" And so on and so on. Attempts to start a new topic brought back the old one. "What a pretty child!" elicited only "He has no father. The Turks killed him." And all these things are trivial details; but "little straws show which way the wind blows," and their dull "everydayness" is more eloquent of helpless suffering than are columns of disputed atrocities. And through it all these people cling with a doglike fidelity to their Church and the belief that the God of their fathers will one day give them back the land which should be theirs. I remember few grimmer things than these wretched women and their Turkhaunted lives. Tired out, damp and chilled right through, I shrank from facing the ceaseless downpour, and to the great I9

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Title: Through the lands of the Serb,
Author: Durham, Mary E.
Canvas: Page 289
Publication: London,: E. Arnold,; 1904.
Subject terms: Montenegro -- Description and travel; Serbia -- Description and travel.

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