“It is thus that I myself saw, on the voyage to Mecca, a
notable who was spending considerable sums of money but who hesitated to spend
the price of a glass of water for his fellow-traveler. This happened on the
boat where the water was scarce, so scarce in fact, during the voyage from
Búshihr to Mascate, which lasted twelve days with no opportunity to get water,
that I had to content myself with sweet lemons.” (The Báb, “Le Bayán Persan,”
vol. 2, p. 154, translated to French by A.L.M. Nicolas) (Footnotes to chapter 7
provided by Shoghi Effendi)
