Ribald Classic: The Judgment
September, 1978
Once, long ago, there lived a caliph named Mohammed Rizkhala, a just ruler who was respected and loved by his subjects. And he loved some of them in return with especial vigor--certain wives and concubines of his courtiers. He was a discreet man, though, and no one ever lost honor from an exposure of these secret affairs.Still, given the fact the women's tongues are hinged (and perhaps even those of a few men), rumors did get about and grew even more spectacular in their passage. And by the time...
