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There was a pause, broken by the Queen, who, looking at her minister, said, 'Noble Keferinis, the thoughts of these princes are divine, and in every respect becoming celestial things. Is it not well that the gates of the beautiful and the sacred should not be closed? 'In every sense, irresistible Queen, it is well that the gates of the beautiful and the sacred should not be closed.
The princes, instructed by Keferinis, alone remained, with the exception of the minister, who, at the desire of his sovereign, now seated himself, but not on the divan. He sat opposite to the Queen on the floor. 'Princes, said the Queen, 'you are welcome to Gindarics, where nobody ever comes. For we are people who wish neither to see nor to be seen.
These we infinitely despise; but the words of truth uttered in the spirit of friendship will last, if they be grave, and on matters which authorise journeys made by princes to visit queens. Her Majesty ceased, and looked at Keferinis, who bowed profound approbation.
'It is most undoubtedly requested, and in a vein of the most condescending friendship, by the perfectly irresistible Queen, that the princes should be seated, said Keferinis, and accordingly Tancred occupied his allotted seat on the right of the Queen, though at some distance, and the young Emir filled his on the left.
The minister was peculiarly refined and mysterious this morning, especially with respect to the great event, which he involved in so much of obscurity, that, after much conversation, the travellers were as little acquainted with the occurrence as when they entered the courtyard of Gindarics. 'The capture of a pasha's harem is not water spilt on sand, lordly Keferinis, said the Emir.
Keferinis bent his head, and said, 'It is not in any way to be disputed that there are subjects which require for their management the application of a certain degree of force, and the noble Emir of the Lebanon has expressed himself in that sense with the most exact propriety; there are also subjects which are regulated by the application of a certain number of words, provided they were well chosen, and distinguished by an inestimable exactitude.
'We shall hear more of this. 'What we shall hear, replied Keferinis, 'is entirely an affair of the future; nor is it in any way to be disputed that there are few men who do not find it more difficult to foretell what is to happen than to remember what has taken place. 'We sometimes find that memory is as rare a quality as prediction, said Tancred.
Their real names are in every respect sacred; nor will they be uttered, even to the Ansarey, until after the divine initiation has been performed in the perfectly admirable and inexpressibly delightful mysteries, which meant, in simpler tongue, that Keferinis was entirely ignorant of the subject on which he was talking.
'I presume, said Tancred, 'that the Emir and myself have the honour of conversing with the Lord Keferinis. Thus he addressed this celebrated eunuch, who is prime minister of the Queen of the Ansarey. 'The Prince of England, replied Keferinis, bowing, and speaking in a very affected voice, and in a very affected manner, 'must not expect the luxuries of the world amid these mountains.
If it had not been for the Sultana Mother, I should have now been Prince of the Mountain. When they had regained their apartments the lordly Keferinis soon appeared, to offer them his congratulations on their return.
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