Attempts to resolve the Quandary:
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The Muezzin in the impregnable tower above me, the faithful gathered for the call to pray in the courtyard below me, my personal daven, as I surveyed the scene from my balcony, was for another gin and tonic, but, having finished the gin, I settled for a siesta to the canorous calls around me.
(by fdrisc)
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Despite reassurance by the king’s guards that the town and the monastery were located behind impregnable walls, the monks felt that the canorous pealing of the bells signaling time for the midday meal should also be a reminder to daven for the safety of all, prior to indulging in sustenance followed by siesta.
(by wordgirl)