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Updated: May 6, 2025
At Imbro you shall live, Cousrouf, and I shall take care that you sometimes hear of me there, and learn what has become of the boy who lay stretched out on the shore, his heart torn with anguish, while you caused that which he held dearest on earth to be sunk in the cold grave of the waves.
"And yet I wish I had this young lion in my power," said Cousrouf, gnashing his teeth with rage, as he followed the governor. "I should extract his teeth, and prove to the monster that he was not a lion, but only a miserable cat, to be trodden under my feet!" The tschorbadji drew him away more rapidly, that Mohammed might not hear him.
The tax that the men of Praousta were commanded to pay, was by an order from Stamboul, destined for Cousrouf Pacha, and this was a sign to the proud man that his sun was in the ascendant, that he would soon be released from his exile, and therefore he was defiant and haughty toward the tschorbadji.
She sank down on her knees, groaning; and prayed to Allah for mercy. "O Mass," said the pacha, raising her from her knees, "Cousrouf prays to you, be merciful to your father; yield, be mine and save him." Loud cries of grief again resounded without. Masa, shook with terror. "I cannot allow my father to die, I cannot! I yield, I am ready; give me the money, that I may bring it to these people."
I go to Stamboul, you go to Cousrouf Pacha to serve him to serve him as your heart prompts, you say?" "Yes, excellency, as my heart prompts, in humility and devotion." "Now you may go; I will furnish you with a written testimonial, and warmly recommend you to the viceroy, as I have promised."
I swear it to you with the triple oath: not my slave, but my favorite, shall you be. Cousrouf Pacha will honor you as the first, as the queen of his harem." "It is impossible, sir," she cried, in terror. "My father's daughter cannot sell herself. She is a free woman, and must remain so." "Then remain so, and your father dies," said he, composedly.
"Cousrouf Pacha, hear my wish: I require, wish, and expect of you, that you hold sacred, that is, that you neither personally, nor through any one else, insult or injure the person of my friend Mohammed Ali, the only being I love beside my father." The pacha regarded him with a long, gloomy, threatening look, and made no reply.
Cousrouf Pacha, my father says, is already heartily tired of his tedious sojourn here, and has written to Hussein Pacha that he is now ready to go to Egypt as pacha." "Ready to revel in the glories of the world! Truly this great Cousrouf Pacha is very condescending, "cried Mohammed, in derisive tones.
"I am now about to leave you," said the pacha. "The grand-sultan calls me from here. Fear not, therefore, O sheik, that my countenance will longer humiliate you. I give you freedom. Return to your friends; you are free!" "Long live Cousrouf Pacha!" was the exultant cry of the men of Praousta. No one heard, amid the many voices, the one crying "Cursed be Cousrouf Pacha!
I have no executioner." "If necessary," said Mohammed, his eyes flashing with resolve "If necessary, I will behead them myself." "Bravely said!" cried Cousrouf Pacha, rising from his seat. "Truly, Mohammed Ali, I begin to be pleased with you." "That, sir, is more than I desire," said Mohammed, calmly; he gave one threatening glance at the proud pacha, and then turned quickly to the tschorbadji.
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