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"One bound to a chair, like me, must have many hands far-reaching, if he would move the world from which he is so cruelly barred. I have many such, and Malluch is one of the best of them. And, sometimes" he cast a grateful glance at the sheik "sometimes I borrow from others good of heart, like Ilderim the Generous good and brave. Let him say if I either denied or forgot you."
"Ah! and that is the chariot, and those the horses, with which he will make the race? Thank you, thank you, Malluch! You have served me well already. I am satisfied. Now be my guide to the Orchard of Palms, and give me introduction to Sheik Ilderim the Generous." "When?" "To-day. His horses may be engaged to-morrow." "You like them, then?" Ben-Hur answered with animation,
The flush deepened not so much for the triumphs themselves as the flattery there was in the thought that she had followed his career with interest. A moment, and the pleasure was succeeded by a reflection. The combat, he knew, was matter of report throughout the East; but the name of the victor had been committed to a very few Malluch, Ilderim, and Simonides.
"He is a Roman," said Malluch, without hesitation; "and I am of the tribe of Judah. I will help you. If you choose, put me under oath under the most solemn oath." "Give me your hand, that will suffice." As their hands fell apart, Ben-Hur said, with lightened feeling, "That I would charge you with is not difficult, good friend; neither is it dreadful to conscience. Let us move on."
Occasionally, referring to the words of Ilderim, he wondered whence the Arab derived his information about him; not from Malluch certainly; nor from Simonides, whose interests, all adverse, would hold him dumb. Could Messala have been the informant? No, no: disclosure might be dangerous in that quarter.
But if we win" Malluch chuckled with the pleasure of the thought "if we win, how the dignitaries will tremble! They will bet, of course, according to their scorn of everything not Roman two, three, five to one on Messala, because he is Roman."
"There was more to the question, but I cannot recall it." "And they found the child?" "Yes, and worshipped him." "It is a miracle, Malluch." "Ilderim is a grave man, though excitable as all Arabs are. A lie on his tongue is impossible." Malluch spoke positively. Thereupon the dromedaries were forgotten, and, quite as unmindful of their riders, they turned off the road to the growing grass.
To-day I knew him afar and, Malluch " He caught the listener's arm again. "And, Malluch, he knows and takes with him now the secret I would give my life for: he could tell if she lives, and where she is, and her condition; if she no, THEY much sorrow has made the two as one if they are dead, he could tell where they died, and of what, and where their bones await my finding." "And will he not?"
Ben-Hur, hearing it, stopped and looked hesitatingly from the herald to the sheik. Malluch thought he was about to accept the offer, but was relieved when he presently turned to him, and asked, "Good Malluch, where to now?" The worthy replied, with a laugh, "Would you liken yourself to others visiting the Grove for the first time, you will straightway to hear your fortune told."
In this question, Simonides for the first time showed signs of feeling; he spoke with rapid utterance, and with clenched hands and the eagerness of a man illustrating the disease he described. "Good my master," Malluch replied, "one of my reasons for believing the young man a Jew is the intensity of his hate.
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