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In short, all is ruined; and Fakredeen hid his weeping face in the robes of Eva. 'What misery you prepare for yourself, and for all who know you! exclaimed Eva. 'But that has happened which makes me insensible to further grief. 'Yes; but listen to what I say, and all will go right. I do not care in the least for my own disappointment. That now is nothing.
At this moment entered four pages and four maidens bringing sweetmeats from the Queen, and goblets of iced water. They bowed; Keferinis indicated their purpose, and when they had fulfilled their office they disappeared; but the seasonable interruption had turned the conversation, and prevented Fakredeen making a sharp retort.
'Perhaps, had events happened which did not occur, the great Emir Bescheer might not at this moment have been a prisoner at Stamboul, among those who, with infinite exactitude, may be described as the most obscene sons of very intolerable barbarians. 'And why did not you and the Emir Bescheer agree? inquired Fakredeen, eagerly.
But what I say is sealed with the signet of truth; it is known to the old, and it is remembered by the wise; the Emir Bescheer has said it to me as many times as there are oranges on that tree, and the Emir Yousef has said it to my father. The northern passes are not guarded by Maronite or by Druse. 'And as long as they are not guarded by us? said Fakredeen, inquiringly.
'I am frightened, because you are frightened, said Fakredeen, 'whom nothing ever alarms. O Rose of Sharon! why are you so pale? 'It is a stain upon our tents if this youth be lost, said Eva in a low voice, yet attempting to speak with calmness. 'But what is it on me! exclaimed Fakredeen, distractedly. 'A stain! I shall be branded like Cain.
I could return, for example. 'Now, Fakredeen, said Eva, stopping him, and speaking in a solemn tone, 'if I accompany you, as you now require, will you pledge me your word, that the moment we pass the frontier you will return to him. 'I swear it, by our true religion, and by my hopes of an earthly crown. Message of the Pasha
Here, held by grooms, or picketed, were many steeds. The mares of the Emir Fakredeen were led about by his black slaves. Many of the Sheikhs, mounted, prepared for the pastime that awaited them. There was to be a grand chase in the oak forest, through part of which Tancred had already travelled, and which spread over a portion of the plain and the low hilly country that encompassed it.
"Even Lebanon," said Fakredeen, "can send forth more than fifty thousand well-armed footmen, and Amalek is gathering all the horsemen of the desert, from Petraea to Yemen, under our banner. If we can only win over the Ansarey," he continued, "we shall have all Syria and Arabia as a base for our operations." "The Ansarey?" exclaimed Tancred.
Amalek, pressing his hand to his heart, gave Tancred the salute of peace, and then, followed by Hassan, who had lost nothing of his calm self-respect, but who conducted himself as if he were still free, the great Sheikh seated himself on the carpet that was spread before the tent, and took the pipe, which was immediately offered him by Freeman and Trueman, following the instructions of an attendant of the Emir Fakredeen.
I am a prisoner, under every circumstance of harshness, even of cruelty, and you speak to me as if my life, my immediate existence, was in peril. 'It is. 'But why? Fakredeen wrung his hands, and murmured, 'Let us go. 'I scarcely care to live, said Eva; 'and I will not move until you give me some clue to all this mystery.
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