houdah

He threw the curtains of the houdah up, looked at the sun, surveyed the country on every side long and carefully, as if to identify an appointed place.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

A little later, full into view swung a duplication of his own dromedary, tall and white, and bearing a houdah, the travelling litter of Hindostan.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

From the houdah the slave brought her a crystal goblet; then she said to Ben-Hur -

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

In the houdah, the old man moved to escape; but he was hampered with age, and could not, even in the face of danger, forget the dignity which was plainly his habit.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

A houdah on the animal, besides being unusually large, was of crimson and gold.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

While the slave restored the tent and wares to the box under the houdah, and the Arab brought up the horses, the three principals laved themselves in the pool.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

Thinking then of the fair Egyptian, insensibly his gait became slower, and at length fell into the merest loiter, until finally he could discern a curtained houdah, and two persons seated within it.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

Presently, raising the curtain of the houdah, she spoke to Ben-Hur, who sat his horse near by.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

So the purple of the far mountains became intensely deep and rich if she distinguished it with an exclamation of praise; and when, now and then, the curtain of the houdah fell down, it seemed a sudden dullness had dropped from the sky, bedraggling all the landscape.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

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