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This release which he could not have contrived had been contrived for him by the suspicions and malice of Marzak. That was the one grain of consolation in the present peril to himself who mattered nothing and to her, who mattered all. Adversity had taught him to prize benefits however slight and to confront perils however overwhelming.
He chose a man's mark, and by the beard of Mohammed, he showed us a man's shot." Marzak would have flung the bow from him in that moment, abandoning the method he had chosen to investigate the contents of that suspicious palmetto bale; but he realized that such a course must now cover him with scorn. Slowly he levelled his bow at that distant mark.
"Could that beardless boy lead men as Sakr-el-Bahr leads them, or wield the scimitar against the foes of Islam and increase as Sakr-el-Bahr increases the glory of the Prophet's Holy Law upon the earth?" "If Sakr-el-Bahr does this, he does it by thy favour, O my lord. And so might Marzak, young though he be. Sakr-el-Bahr is but what thou hast made him no more, no less."
Indeed, much better, for some measure of ease and comfort is now possible to you. So be of good heart; eat and rest. God guard you! I shall return soon after sunrise." Outside on the poop-deck he found Asad alone now with Marzak under the awning.
"I go to seek a sign," he answered her, and upon that departed, leaving her in a frame of mind that was far from easy. She summoned Marzak, and bade him accompany his father, breathed swift instructions of what he should do and how do it. "Thy fate has been placed in thine own hands," she admonished him. "See that thou grip it firmly now."
"She was brought thus aboard in secret out of fear that were her presence known thy true purpose too must stand revealed." "And whatever that true purpose may have been," put in Marzak, "it was not the task entrusted thee of raiding the Spanish treasure-galley." "'Tis what I mean, my son," Asad agreed.
"Where should a Muslim bestow his wife but according to the biddings of the Prophet in the house?" Marzak sneered. "Verily, I marvel at thy fortitude in quitting her so soon!" But Asad caught the sneer, and stared at his son. "What cause is there to marvel in that a true Muslim should sacrifice his inclinations to the service of the Faith?" His tone was a rebuke; but it left Marzak undismayed.
He had snarled at Fenzileh and scorned Marzak when they had jointly warned him against his lieutenant; if at times he had been in danger of heeding them, yet sooner or later he had concluded that they but spoke to vent their malice.
"Thou'lt show him?" roared Asad. "Thou'lt show him!" And his laugh rang loud and hearty. "Go smear the sun's face with clay, boy." "Reserve thy judgment, O my father," begged Marzak, with frosty dignity. "Boy, thou'rt mad! Why, Sakr-el-Bahr's quarrel will check a swallow in its flight." "That is his boast, belike," replied Marzak. "And what may thine be?" quoth Sakr-el-Bahr.
"The matter stands so balanced that neither of us dare put it to the test." "Thou hast said it." "Then is thy course plain to thee!" cried Marzak, eager to renew his arguments. "Accept his terms, and...." But Asad broke in impatiently. "Every thing in its own hour and each hour is written. I will consider what to do."
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