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None else can help me." "Nevertheless, though it be in vain, I must try my arts, Khanum Effendim," said Balsamides. "What are your arts?" asked the sick woman, scornfully. "Can you burn me with fire, and make a new Laleli out of the ashes of my bones?" "No," said Gregorios, "I cannot do that, but I can ease your pain, and perhaps you may recover." "If you can ease my pain, you shall be rich.
Moreover, if you will take the trouble to visit Santa Sophia during the last nights of Ramazán, you will understand how Alexander Patoff disappeared; and if you will go over the house of Laleli Khanum Effendi, which is now to be sold, you will see how impossible it was for him to escape from such a place.
He rose, and pressed the document to his lips and forehead. "What!" cried Laleli, in sudden terror, her voice gathering strength from her fright. "It is an order, dated to-day, to arrest Laleli Khanum Effendi, and to convey her to a place of safety, where she shall await the further commands of his Majesty." "It is false," murmured the Khanum. But her white fingers twisted each other nervously.
The Lala turned up his ugly face as Gregorios entered, and then rose from his seat, reluctantly, as though much exhausted. Balsamides laid his hand upon the fellow's arm and looked into his small red eyes. "The Khanum is dead," said the pretended physician. The negro trembled violently, and throwing up his arms would have clapped his hands together. But Balsamides stopped him.
"Eight pounds!" he exclaimed, in holy horror. "You know where this come from, lady? Ha! Laleli Khanum house dead no more like it." Marchetto of course knew the story of Alexander's confinement, and by a ready lie turned it to his advantage. Every one looked surprised, and began to examine the embroidery more closely. "Really!" ejaculated Chrysophrasia. "How strange this little world is!
"Retire, friends," said I, "and leave me in peace." "Stir, on your peril!" cried the Khanum. So, seeing there was no help for it but violence, I drew out my pistols, cocked them, and said, "O houris! these pistols contain each two balls: the daughter of Holkar bears a sacred life for me- -but for you! by all the saints of Hindustan, four of ye shall die if ye stay a moment longer in my presence!"
"If Laleli Khanum dies, Selim will disappear the same hour, laying hands on everything within reach, of course. How could we catch him? He would cross the Bosphorus, put on a disguise of some sort, and make his way to Egypt in no time. Those fellows are very cunning." "Then you mean to try and extort a confession from Laleli herself? How in the world do you mean to do it?
Then, first, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá took Núr Mahal Khánum into the next room and said to her, “Do you love Mírzá Yuhanna Dáwúd with all your heart and soul?” She answered, “Yes, I do.”
Ours, therefore, is the opportunity to arise and serve the Cause and put all our trust in God. Surely, He will guide our steps and will inspire us with the necessary enthusiasm and strength. May the immortal spirit of our departed Khánum quicken our energies and give fresh lustre to our endeavours for the greater extension of the Cause. 14: The profound sorrow occasioned by the ...
"Allah alone is great!" groaned the Khanum, her head sinking on her breast in despair. "Kadèr, it is my fate." "But if you will deliver me this man alive, I will save you out of the hands even of the Hunkyar. I will say that you are too ill to be removed from your house, unless I give you my medicine," he added, flattering her hopes to the last. "Give me time.
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