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'Some three. ''Tis strange I could sleep. I remember, on the eve of battle I was ever anxious. How is this, Jabaster? 'Your faith, sire, is profound. 'Yes, I have no fear. My destiny is not complete. Good night, Jabaster. See, Asriel, valiant priest. Pharez! 'My lord! 'Rouse me at the second watch. Good night, boy. 'Good night, my lord. 'Pharez! Be sure you rouse me at the second watch.
'Alroy must die, my Lord, but dost thou think a single death will seal the covenant? 'The woman? 'Ay! the woman! I was not thinking of the woman. Asriel, Ithamar, Medad? 'Valiant soldiers! doubt not we shall find them useful instruments. I do not fear such loose companions. They follow their leaders, like other things born to obey. Having no head themselves, they must follow us who have.
Summon the city, and say that if any resistance be offered, I will make it as desolate as old Babylon. Treat with no armed force. Where is the soldier that saved me a cracked skull; his name Benaiah? 'I wait your bidding, sire. 'You're a captain. Join the division of Ithamar, and win fresh laurels ere we meet again. Gentle Asriel, let your brother know our fortune.
No one but you could have rallied them. You must drill your lads a little before they again meet the Cappadocian cavalry. Brave Scherirah, we shall not forget our charge. Asriel, tell the guard, from me, that the victory of the Tigris was owing to their scimitars. Ithamar, what are our freshest troops? 'The legion of Aderbijan, sire. 'How strong can they muster?
We'll beat them yet. Courage, dear brother. Scherirah will be here at dawn in good time, very good time: very, very good time. 'I like the thought' 'The men are in good heart. At break of dawn, charge with thirty thousand cavalry upon their forming ranks. I'll take the right, Asriel the left. It shall be a family affair, dear Abner. How is Miriam? 'I heard this morn, quite well.
They may be the flower of Israel, but they are not the fruit. Good warriors, bad subjects: excellent means, by which we may accomplish greater ends. I'll have no dreamers in authority. I must have practical men about me, practical men. See how Abner, Asriel, Ithamar, Medad, see how these conform to what surrounds them, yet invincible captains, invincible captains.
Good Jabaster, we must establish the throne of Israel, that is my mission, and for the means, no matter how, or where. Asriel, what news of Medad? 'All is quiet between the Tigris and Euphrates. It would be better to recall his division, which has been much harassed. I thought of relieving him by Abidan. 'I think so, too. We may as well keep Abidan out of the city.
Two hundred pages followed him; and then servants of both sexes, gorgeously habited, amounting to nearly two thousand, carrying rich vases, magnificent caskets, and costly robes. The treasurer and two hundred of his underlings came next, showering golden dirhems on all sides. The sceptre of Solomon borne by Asriel himself.
I know they will have my blood. 'Indeed, an idle fancy. 'Idle! Ask Asriel, question Ithamar. Idle! 'tis written in their tablets, their bloody scroll of rapine and of murder. Thy death led only to mine, and, had they hoped my bird would but have yielded his gentle mate, they would have spared him. Ay! ay! 'tis I whom they hate, 'tis I whom they would destroy.
Two-thirds of them have been beaten before, and for the new champion, our laurels must not fade, and his blood shall nourish fresh ones. 'Dearest, dearest Alroy, go not thyself, I pray thee. May not Asriel conquer? 'I hope so, in my company. For a time we part, a short one. 'Tis our first parting: may it be our last! 'Oh! no, no, no: oh! say not we must part.
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