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This one," he shook a rein over the back of the youngest of the four "you called him Aldebaran, I believe is the swiftest; in once round a stadium he would lead the others thrice his length." Ilderim pulled his beard, and said, with twinkling eyes, "Aldebaran is the swiftest; but what of the slowest?" "This is he." Ben-Hur shook the rein over Antares.
The last inspiration of the Holy One the last I can recall was that which sent us to Ilderim for safety." "Yes," said the sheik, fingering his beard nervously. "You told me you were sent to me by a Spirit I remember it."
"I will take you at your word, remembering that we are brethren of the old tribe, and that the enemy is a Roman. First, then as you are a man of business, which I much fear Sheik Ilderim is not " "Arabs seldom are," said Malluch, gravely. "Nay, I do not impeach their shrewdness, Malluch. It is well, however, to look after them.
As they whirled by, Esther saw Ben-Hur's face again, and it was whiter than before. Simonides, shrewder than Esther, said to Ilderim, the moment the rivals turned into the course, "I am no judge, good sheik, if Ben-Hur be not about to execute some design. His face hath that look." To which Ilderim answered, "Saw you how clean they were and fresh?
"I saw the Jew yesterday in the Grove of Daphne; and if he be not there now, he is certainly in the neighborhood, making it easy for me to keep him in eye. Indeed, wert thou to ask me where he is now, I should say, with the most positive assurance, he is to be found at the old Orchard of Palms, under the tent of the traitor Sheik Ilderim, who cannot long escape our strong hand.
Ben-Hur raised his eyes to Ilderim. He had found the cause of the Arab's outcry. Both rushed to the same conclusion. The hand was the hand of Messala!
Sheik Ilderim certainly believed the story; yet, in the nature of things, its mighty central fact could not come home to him with the force and absorbing effect it came to Ben-Hur. He was an Arab, whose interest in the consequences was but general; on the other hand, Ben-Hur was an Israelite and a Jew, with more than a special interest in if the solecism can be pardoned the truth of the fact.
Also the reports of his familiar, a Somali yclept Moussa Isa, were disquieting, disturbing to a lover of the Empire who foresaw the Empire at war in Europe. Moussa Isa also knew that there was talk among Pathan horse-dealers and budmashes of the coming of one Ilderim the Weeper, a mullah of great influence and renown, and talk, moreover, among men of other race, of a Great Conspiracy.
A loose black gown covered his person; his step was feeble, and his whole movement slow and cautious, apparently dependent upon a long staff and the arm of a servant. "Peace to you, my friend," said Ilderim, respectfully. "Peace and welcome." The Egyptian raised his head and replied, "And to thee, good sheik to thee and thine, peace and the blessing of the One God God the true and loving."
"This is he: but he will win, for, look you, sheik, he will run his utmost all day all day; and, as the sun goes down, he will reach his swiftest." "Right again," said Ilderim. "I have but one fear, O sheik." The sheik became doubly serious. "In his greed of triumph, a Roman cannot keep honor pure.
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