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Updated: June 3, 2025
The first definite news of the state of affairs reached the Emir's palace just when a considerable lapse of time had occurred without news, the last being of a kind to create anxiety, the Sheikh coming in from the gate to announce that a messenger had arrived at a gallop to summon the troop of horse, who had gone off leaving their guard looking careworn and anxious, while he forbore to speak.
Frank felt that the Hakim must be with the Emir's friend, and hurrying through the passages and intervening rooms, he found Morris with the professor, Sam, and the Sheikh near to an angareb, or bedstead, on to which the wounded man had been carefully lifted a few minutes before.
"Oh, if we only knew!" Almost as he spoke the Emir's officer came in, and there was a look of triumph in his eyes as he said to the Sheikh "There will be no journey to-day, O Sheikh, for the enemies of Allah are being swept away. The Emir my master will be back before night, and all my prisoners are safe."
After that the guard turned everyone away, and as time passed on the friends found that the rule was never transgressed. "The people have been taught so, O Hakim," said the Sheikh. "Then we are to be at liberty for the rest of the day?" said the doctor. "Yes, O Hakim, and you are to have everything you desire. You only have to speak. It is the Emir's orders.
He threw his arm over the Emir's shoulder, and walked with him, laughing and talking, like a man in wine. His nature was of the kind which, for the escape of feeling, required action as well as words. At length he sobered down. "Here, Mirza," he said. "Stand here before me.... Thou lovest me, I believe?" Mirza answered upon his knee: "My Lord has said it."
"But who is this chief, Emir, or whatever he is?" said the professor, stopping before the doctor and Frank suddenly. "I've never heard of him before." "I know nothing about him whatever, only what I have told you. He is some friend of the Emir's son, and of course belongs to their party." "I suppose so," said the professor excitedly. "Well, it all seems simple enough now, Robert, my son.
For over the wall rose the broad leaves of palms, and as the party rode into and under the greenery of a large enclosure, they found themselves in sight of the Emir's palace, with the camel litter just in front a palace of sun-baked mud, at whose entrance-gate a dozen mounted men were placed to keep back the crowd, among whom were already several applicants for help from the Hakim.
For the messenger, who came looking wild and excited, his flowing white garment covered with blood and dust, was the Hakim's last patient the Emir's son.
"Yes; and Guizot announced that he would send the Emir back to Alexandria, could security be given against his return to Algeria." "As to the Emir's surrender, at which you wonder, the real cause is said to have been not policy, but the universal passion love." "He is an Antony, then, instead of a Curtius." "So it seems.
However, on hearing the Emir's sentence Michael's heart did not grow faint. He remained unmoved, his eyes wide open, as though he wished to concentrate his whole life into one last look. To entreat pity from these savage men would be useless, besides, it would be unworthy of him. He did not even think of it.
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