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And what should he know about the Eastern question, who never was in the East? 'Ah, noble Emir, these are questions of the high diplomacy. They cannot be treated unless by the cabinets which have traditions. 'I could settle the Eastern question in a month, if I were disposed, said Fakredeen. Mr.
What is the use of belonging to an old family unless to have the authority of an ancestor ready for any prejudice, religious or political, which your combinations may require? 'Ah! Fakredeen, said the lady, shaking her head, 'you have no self-respect. 'No Syrian has; it won't do for us. You are an Arabian; it will do for the desert.
And I see little prospect of my success; nor do I think ten thousand piastres, however honestly gained, will be more tempting than the inclination to oblige our house. 'Ten thousand piastres is not much, said Fakredeen. 'I give it every three months for interest to a little Copt at Beiroot, whose property I will confiscate the moment I have the government of the country in my hands.
They had a great purpose, they were on the eve of a stirring incident. They were young, daring, and brilliant. 'A strong position, said Tancred, as they entered the defile. 'O! my Tancred, what things we have seen together! exclaimed Fakredeen. 'And what is to follow? The defile was not long, and it was almost unbending.
Of whom was my mother the child? I am here to discover that, if possible. Her race and her beautiful religion have been the dream of my life. All I have prayed for has been to recognise her kindred and to behold her gods. 'It is very interesting, murmured the Queen. 'It is more than interesting, sighed Fakredeen.
'Why, if men want to head the Asian movement, they must have muskets, said Fakredeen; 'and, after all, as we are going to save the English prince two millions of piastres, I do not think he can object to paying Scheriff Effendi for his goods; particularly as he will have the muskets for his money. Tancred's Recovery TANCRED rapidly recovered.
'He made many efforts to win them, though, said Sheikh Hamood, 'and so did the Emir Yousef. 'And you think without them, noble Sheikh, said Tancred, 'that Syria is not secure? 'I think, with them and peace with the desert, that Syria might defy Turk and Egyptian. 'And carry the war into the enemy's quarters, if necessary? said Fakredeen.
A favourable breeze soon carried them from Gaza to Beiroot, where they landed, and where Fakredeen had the political pleasure of exhibiting his new and powerful ally, a prince, an English prince, the brother perhaps of a queen, unquestionably the owner of a splendid yacht, to the admiring eye of all his, at the same time, credulous and rapacious creditors.
'We ought never to be surprised at anything that is done by the English, observed Fakredeen; 'who are, after all, in a certain sense, savages. Their country produces nothing; it is an island, a mere rock, larger than Malta, but not so well fortified. Everything they require is imported from other countries; they get their corn from Odessa, and their wine from the ports of Spain.
Fakredeen sketched a character in a sentence, and you knew instantly the individual whom he described without any personal knowledge. Unlike the Orientals in general, his gestures were as vivid as his words. He acted the interviews, he achieved the adventures before you. His voice could take every tone and his countenance every form.
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