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We dismounted I first, so as to assist Layelah; and then it seemed as if death were postponed for a time, since we had reached this place where the rich and rank vegetation spoke of nothing but vigorous life. Fortune had indeed dealt strangely with me.
"Sepet-ram!" said Layelah; "what do you mean by that? If your sepet-ram has any power, do not try to use it, Atam-or, or else I shall have to order my followers to give to Almah the blessing of death." At this my rifle was lowered: the whole truth flashed upon me, and I saw, too, the madness of resistance.
"But it's impossible to save both of you." "Then leave me and save Almah," said I. "What! would you give up your life for Almah?" "Yes, and a thousand lives," said I. "Why," said Layelah, "now you talk just like the Kosekin. You might as well be one of us. You love death for the sake of Almah. Why not be more like the Kosekin, and seek after a separation from Almah?"
She drew a long breath, and then said, in a low, tremulous voice, "Never!" Layelah was constantly with me, and at length used to come at an earlier time, when Almah was present. Her manner toward Almah was full of the usual Kosekin courtesy and gracious cordiality. She was still intent upon learning from me the manners, customs, and principles of action of the race to which I belonged.
But after a time he folded up the left wing and drew it close in to his side, and propelled himself with his long hind-legs. His right wing was broken, but he did not seem to have suffered any other injury. Suddenly I heard a cry behind me: "Atam-or! oh, Atam-or!" I looked around and saw Layelah. She was swimming in the water, and seemed exhausted.
"You have some mysterious power of conferring death," continued Layelah, "with what Almah calls your sepet-ram; but do not kill the athalebs, for it will do you no good. Almah would then receive the blessing of death. My followers, these noble Kosekin, would rejoice in thus gaining exile and death on Magones. As for myself, it would be my highest happiness to be here alone with you.
He and Layelah had both been examined, as well as the Kosekin who had gone after us; but Layelah's testimony was by far the most important.
"Dear Layelah," said I, floundering and stammering in my confusion, "I love you; I " But here I was interrupted without waiting for any further words; the beautiful creature flung her arms around me and clung to me with a fond embrace. As for me, I was utterly confounded, bewildered, and desperate. I thought of my darling Almah, whom alone I loved.
It was to her what the remark of some despairing beauty would be among us who, when pressed by two lovers should express a confused willingness to marry both. It was evident that Layelah accepted it as a ludicrous jest. Laughter was all very well, of course; but I was serious and felt that I ought not to part with Layelah without some better understanding, and so I once more made an effort.
If my present love of light and life were generally known, they would punish me by giving me new contributions of wealth and new offices and powers, which I do not want." "But you love riches, do you not? and you must want them still?" "No," said Layelah, "I do not want them now." "Why, what do you want?" I asked. "You!" said she, with a sweet smile.
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