Then the Nubian seated himself on the stone that formed the angle of the house and the road and began smoking his chibouque, while Monte Cristo returned to his study. |
A chibouk, or chibouque, was a Turkish tobacco pipe with a long stem and a red clay bowl. |
The count will have his cushions of silver cloth brought there, and as he smokes his chibouque, see all Paris pass before him. |
He noticed that in Smyrne, people smoke narghile while in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, the chibouque is given preference. |
Walking along, smoking his chibouque and smelling the flowers, he came to a baking-oven by the roadside. |