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He went back to London, where he succeeded in impressing his views upon the Foreign Office, and he returned to Syria charged with a secret mission. HE WENT BACK TO LONDON WHERE HE SUCCEEDED IN IMPRESSING HIS VIEWS UPON THE FOREIGN OFFICE AND HE RETURNED TO SYRIA CHARGED WITH A SECRET MISSION
he East attracted him strongly, and in order to learn Arabic he went with another young Englishman to live in the Lebanon. In Beirut they sought the hospitality of the Maronite patriarch. For a few days they were treated with lavish hospitality, and then the patriarch summoned them before him and told them that they must leave the city within twenty-four hours. The reason for their disgrace they discovered later. Not suspecting that they were being put to the test, they had eaten meat on a Friday, and this made the patriarch think that they were not true Catholics, but were there as spies. Leaving Beirut in haste, Wood and his friend sought shelter with the Druses, who received them with open arms. For two years Wood lived among the Druses, in the village of Obey. There he learned Arabic and became thoroughly acquainted with the country and with the ways of the Druses, and there he conceived the idea of winning the Druses for England to counteract the influence of the French Maronites. LOMATIC SERVICE THE EAST ATTRACTED HIM STRONGLY AND IN ORDER TO LEARN ARABIC HE WENT WITH ANOTHER YOUNG ENGLISHMAN TO LIVE IN THE LEBANON IN BAYROOT THEY SOUGHT THE HOSPITALITY OF THE MARAITE PATRIARCH FOR A FEW DAYS THEY WERE TREATED WITH LAVISH HOSPITALITY AND THEN THE PATRIARCH SUMMONED THEM BEFORE HIM AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY MUST LEAVE THE CITY WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS THE REASON FOR THEIR DISGRACE THEY DISCOVERED LATER NOT SUSPECTING THAT THEY WERE BEING PUT TO THE TEST THEY HAD EATEN MEAT ON A FRIDAY AND THIS MADE THE PATRIARCH THINK THAT THEY WERE NOT TRUE CATHOLICS BUT WERE THERE AS SPIES LEAVING BAYROOT IN HASTE WOOD AND HIS FRIEND SOUGHT SHELTER WITH THE JEWSES WHO RECEIVED THEM WITH OPEN ARMS FOR TWO YEARS WOOD LIVED AMONG THE JEWSES IN THE VILLAGE OF OBI THERE HE LEARNED ARABIC AND BECAME THOROUGHLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE COUNTRY AND WITH THE WAYS OF THE JEWSES AND THERE HE CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF WINNING THE JEWSES FOR ENGLAND TO COUNTERACT THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH MARINITES
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