The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith — Read

Now, when Shibli Bagarag had ceased speaking, the Vizier smiled gravely, and shook his beard with satisfaction, and said to the Eclipser of Reason, "What opinest thou of this nephew of the barber, O Noorna bin Noorka?"

She answered, "O Feshnavat, my father, truly I am content with the bargain of my betrothal. He, wullahy, is a fair youth of flowing speech. " Then she said, "Ask thou him what he opineth of me, his betrothed?"