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The Greek had arrived to the end of the First Night, in which Schezehezerade commences her story, and the Sultan, who was anxious to hear the termination of it, defers her execution to the following day. "Stop," cried the pacha, taking the pipe from his lips; "how long before the break of day did that girl call her sister?" "About half an hour, your sublime highness."
"With due submission to your highness, I was seated on a sofa, between my mother Donna Celia and my mistress Donna Clara." "Very true; I recollect now that you were." "A hand clasped in the hand of each." "Exactly," replied the pacha, impatiently. "And was about to tell a story of my own invention, to deceive the old lady my mother."
The pacha smiled, and motioned with his head in that direction. "You have seen Mohammed Ali, and you now hear him; he is a desperado, and will kill your father!" "Yes," she murmured to herself, "he will now be pitiless, he will now kill him." "But I," said the pacha, in gentle tones, "I have pity, and I will save your father." "You will save him?" she said, tremblingly. "I will," said he.
This latter dignity was conferred on the condition of his levying a body of four thousand men to clear the valley of the Peneus of a multitude of Christian chiefs who exercised more power than the officers of the Grand Seigneur. The new pacha took advantage of this to enlist a numerous body of Albanians ready for any enterprise, and completely devoted to him.
"Have you been shipwrecked, Kurz Pacha?" asked I suddenly. He laughed softly: "No, Miss Minerva, I am not one of the hardy navigators; I keep close in to the shore. Upon the slightest symptom of an agitated sea, I furl my sails, and creep into a safe harbor. Besides, dear Miss Minna I prefer tropical cruises to the Antarctic voyage." And the old wretch actually looked at my black hair.
But Ali Pacha fascinated the English agents, overwhelming them with favours, honours, and feasts, carefully watching them all the while. Their correspondence was intercepted, and he endeavoured by means of his agents to rouse the Parganiotes against them. The latter lamented bitterly, and appealed to Christian Europe, which remained deaf to their cries.
Oh, grant me this request, in order that, while the sun still shines for me, I may enjoy the last hours of my existence in peace!" "Yes, do so, mighty pacha," cried the tschorbadji, bursting into tears, and falling upon his knees with folded hands. "Cousrouf Pacha, see me here at your feet, and grant my son's request in order that he may live.
"I am here in obedience to the will of the pacha," replied the man in a most musical voice, as he salaamed low. "What does his highness require of his slave Menouni?" "His highness requires a proof of thy talent, and an opportunity to extend his bounty."
After some annoying delay I started for Belinian. At that time, in the dark night, I was not aware that Achmet Rafik was absent. This officer was a thorough-bred Turk, and he had seen much service, having been through the Crimean war, and also in that of Arabia, under Abbas Pacha.
Sitta Nefysseh murmurs to herself: "He takes them into his boat in order to deceive them. This is surely to conceal some trickery, and when the boat lands at Alexandria, the capitan pacha will not be with the Mameluke beys." The Mamelukes have entered the boats joyously, and joyously they sail out over the waves, toward the shores of Alexandria.
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