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The Turkish soldiers were extremely insolent and overbearing, alike to Moors and Jews, one of the privileges they claimed being to enter the gardens of the inhabitants whenever they pleased not excepting those of the consuls and eat and destroy fruit and vegetables at will. "Achmet's party," added Bacri, "is not strong, while that of Hamet is not only numerous but influential.
Mean while, have a care; our plot is in your hands, but thine every movement shall be watched from this hour, and if a note of warning escapes thee, thou art but a dead man!" Saying this, the Aga departed, and Bacri, returning to the skiffa, summoned Mariano, who had been engaged in another part of the house when Hamet entered.
When his hunger was appeased, Francisco Rimini turned to Ted Flaggan and asked him, through Lucien, to go over again in detail the course of action which Bacri advised him and his sons to adopt in order to effect their escape out of the country. "For," said he with emphasis, "I'm neither a lion nor a rabbit, and cannot therefore make up my mind to spend the rest of my days in a hole."
"Because neither the painting of your faces," replied Bacri, "nor the shaving of your heads which latter would be essential to the converting of you into genuine Moors would constitute any disguise were your voices to be heard or your features to be scrutinised. You must be careful to pull the hoods of your burnouses well forward on your faces.
For several hours Francisco and his son sat on the bundle of straw listening intently to every sound, being naturally filled with anxiety as to the success of Bacri in his efforts to aid Mariano. At last they heard a loud knocking at the street door, which, after being repeated impatiently once or twice, was followed by a thunderous noise, as if the house were being entered by violence.
He dines with us to-day; and that reminds me that you must hasten our dinner, as events have transpired which oblige me to set sail two hours earlier than I had intended; so please expedite matters, Juliet." The stranger bowed with Oriental dignity to the little old lady, and, seating himself by her side, entered into conversation. Bacri was a middle-aged man of magnificent appearance.
"Hist! be quiet," said Bacri, seizing Francisco by the arm in his powerful grasp and dragging him along. The interference of the Jew was not a moment too soon, for several soldiers who were patrolling the streets at the time overheard the sound of their voices and hurried towards them.
"Impossible!" said Bacri, shaking his head decidedly. "How, dog! impossible?" exclaimed the Turk sternly. "Dost know that I can let the whole Turkish army loose on thee and thy false-hearted race?" "My race is maligned alike by Mohammedan and Christian," returned the Jew, with dignity. "You know full well, Sidi Hamet, that the sum you have named would ruin all the Jews in the town.
"I did not know of course I could not how was it possible that the fact is, I came to see a Jew, and and " "I've found a jewel," he might have said, but that didn't seem to occur to him! "Bacri that's his name!" continued Mariano. "Is Bacri within? I came to see him, but "
"Good," said the Aga of cavalry, venting a sigh of relief, which propelled a miniature gunshot half-way across the room; "that enables me to decide the course which I shall pursue, and gives us a little breathing-time before entering on the final act of the play." Bacri, the chief of the Jews, proved as good as his word.
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