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After eyeing Tancred for a considerable time with imperturbable countenances, Francis El Kazin sent to Fakredeen to know whether the English prince would favour them by shooting an eagle. This broke the ice, and Fakredeen came, and soon the rifle was in the hands of Francis El Kazin.
'That would be a year without rain. 'And mighty things your Maronite nation has done! rejoined Francis El Kazin. 'If there had been the Syrian nation instead of the Maronite nation, and the Druse nation, and half a dozen other nations besides, instead of being conquered by Egypt in 1832, we should have conquered Egypt ourselves long ago, and have held it for our farm.
'Shall it ever be said that I am of the same nation as Hamood Abuneked? said Butros. 'Ah! it is very dreadful, said Rafael; 'a man who has burned convents! 'And who has five hundred Maronite horns in his castle, said Butros. 'But suppose he restores them? said Francis El Kazin. 'That would make a difference, said Rafael Farah. 'There can be no difference while he lives, said Butros.
'I fear 'tis an affair of blood, said Rafael Farah. 'Taking horns was never an affair of blood, said Francis El Kazin. 'What should be an affair of blood, said Butros, 'if 'But nothing else but taking horns can be proved, said Francis El Kazin. 'There is a good deal in that! said Rafael Farah.
These were the princes Kais and Abdullah Shehaab, and Francis El Kazin, whom the Levantines called Caseno, and the principal members of the Young Syria party; some of them beardless Sheikhs, but all choicely mounted, and each holding on his wrist a falcon; for this was the first day of the year that they might fly.
The garrison at Aleppo is not strong; they have been obliged to march six regiments to Deir el Kamar, and, though affairs are comparatively tranquil in Lebanon for the moment, let me send a pigeon to my cousin Francis El Kazin, and young Syria will get up such a stir that old Wageah Pasha will not spare a single man.
I have some pieces now, that, although they are not as fine as those of the English prince, could pick a son of Eblis off behind a rock, whether he be Egyptian or Druse. 'Hush! said Francis El Kazin. 'You love our host, Butros; these are not words that will please him 'Or me, my children, said Bishop Nicodemus.
No, I will never enter Damascus again, or any of the cities of the coast. I will give up all my castles to my cousin Francis El Kazin, on condition that he does not pay my creditors. I will retire to Mar Hanna. I will look upon man no more. 'Be calm, my Fakredeen; there is yet hope; my responsibility at this moment is surely not lighter than yours.
'It must be the Druses who circulate these enormous falsehoods. 'Hush! said Young Syria, in the shape of Francis El Kazin, 'there is no longer Maronite or Druse: we are all Syrians, we are brothers. 'Then a good many of my brothers are sons of Eblis, said Butros Keramy. 'I hope he is not my father. 'Truly, I should like to see the mountain without the Maronite nation, said Rafael Farah.
We have done mighty things truly with our Maronite nation! 'To hear an El Kazin speak against the Maronite nation! exclaimed Rafael Farah, with a look of horror; 'a natipn that has two hundred convents! 'And a patriarch, said Butros Keramy, 'very much respected even by the Pope of Rome. 'And who were disarmed like sheep, said Francis.
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