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If I could screw up a few thousand piastres for backsheesh, and he looked Eva in the face, 'or could put anything in his way! What do you think, Eva? Eva shook her head. 'What an obstinate Jew dog he is! said Fakre-deen. 'His rapacity is revolting! 'An obstinate Jew dog! exclaimed Eva, rising, her eyes flashing, her nostrils dilating with contemptuous rage.
The Maronites did not show as much courage in the field as in the standing committee at Deir el Kamar, but several of the Shehaab princes who headed them, especially the Emir Kais, maintained the reputation of their house and displayed a brilliant courage. The Emir Fakre-deen was at Canobia at the time of the outbreak, which, as it often happens, though not unpremeditated, was unexpected.
Tancred and Fakre-deen, also exchanged glances, but the Emir waved his hand, signifying his wish that Tancred should reply, who, after a moment's hesitation, with an air of great deference, thus ventured to express himself: 'It seems to me and to my friend, the Prince of the Lebanon, that we have listened to the words of wisdom. They are in every respect just.
'It is not two millions of piastres, said Fakre-deen; 'there is your fallacy, 'tis the same as your grandfather's. In the first place, he would have taken one million; then half belonged to me, which reduces his share to five hundred thousand; then I meant to have borrowed his share of him. 'Borrowed his share! said Eva. 'Of course I should have allowed him interest, good interest.
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