Rich and happy as I was after my third voyage, I could not make up my mind to stay at home altogether. My… — Naguib Mahfouz

Rich and happy as I was after my third voyage, I could not make up my mind to stay at home altogether. My love of trading, and the pleasure I took in anything that was new and strange, made me set my affairs in order, and begin my journey through some of the Persian provinces."

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