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'Her Majesty generally resides in a very famous castle. 'Very strong, I suppose? 'Strong enough. 'The Emir Bescheer remains at Stamboul? 'He is now, I believe, at Brusa, replied Fakredeen. 'Does he like Brusa? 'Not as much at Stamboul. 'Is Stamboul the largest city in the world? 'I apprehend by no means, said Fakredeen. 'What is larger?
At first our dog seemed disposed to stand his ground, but upon the near approach of the house-dog he dropped his tail between his legs and ingloriously sneaked between the legs of the horses, which of course gave the gentleman of the house a high opinion of his own prowess so much so, indeed, that the craven spirit of Brusa never before appeared in such a despicable light.
Though Nicaea still held out, Osman died virtual lord of the Asiatic Greeks; and marrying his son to a Christian girl, the famous Nilufer, after whom the river of Brusa is still named, he laid on Christian foundations the strength of his dynasty and his state.
"One day," she resumed, speaking more slowly, and trying to banish emotion from her voice, "I went out from the hotel where we stayed at Brusa, quite alone. There's a mosque at Brusa called Jeshil Jami, the Green Mosque. It stands above the valley. It is one of the most beautiful things I know, and quite the most beautiful Osmanli building. I like to go there alone.
Unlike the regular shepherd-dog of Europe, however, they are sometimes thievish and treacherous, owing to their wolfish origin. I do not think we could have made ten miles a day without Brusa. In the driving of pack-trains a good dog is indispensable. I always gave the poor fellow something to eat when we stopped in consideration of his services.
I arrived there early in the afternoon safe and sound, and greatly benefited by the trip. Like the beatings received by Brusa, the experience was delightful when it was over. I paid off my excellent guide Geir Zoega, and made him a present of the few articles that remained from the expedition. It is a great pleasure to be able to recommend a guide heartily and conscientiously.
He would gladly be more intimate with your husband. But your husband doesn't make friends. He's beyond anything of that kind. He tried, on the yacht and at Brusa. He did his utmost. But he was held back by his misery. We always have been; we always shall be; we can't help it. Being with us your husband had to to contemplate our happiness. It I suppose it reminded him "
Her lazy, indifferent manner was perfectly natural, but perhaps now and then she was more definitely kind than usual; and she managed somehow to show Dion that she was ready to be his friend. "If you stay long we must take you over one day on the yacht to Brusa," she said presently. "Cynthia loves Brusa, and so does my husband. We went over there once with Pierre Loti.
On the 10th they went to Brusa, in Asia Minor, six hours by steam-vessel across the Sea of Marmora to Moudania, and six on horseback from Moudania to Brusa. The land journey was oppressive. A narrow path winds through a very rugged country; and there is only one halting-place, a guard hut, where they took a cup of coffee, the only refreshment the inmates had to offer.
As inevitably as the state of Nicaea had desired, won, and transferred itself to, Constantinople, so did the Osmanli state of Brusa yearn towards the same goal; and it needed no invitation from a Greek to dispose an Ottoman sultan to push over to the European shore. Such an invitation, however, did in fact precede the first Osmanli crossing in force.
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