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'Oh! bread if you like. But that a man should prefer bread to meat, and such meat as this, 'tis miraculous. 'A thousand thanks, good Scherirah; but with our people the flesh of the gazelle is forbidden. It is unclean. Its foot is cloven. 'I have heard of these things, replied Scherirah, with a thoughtful air. 'My mother was a Jewess, and my father was a Kourd.
All the troops were under arms. Alroy directed that the suppliants should be conducted through the whole camp before they arrived at the royal pavilion, on each side of which the Sacred Guard was mustered in array. The curtains of his tent withdrawn displayed the conqueror himself, seated on a sumptuous divan. On his right hand stood Jabaster in his priestly robes, on his left Scherirah.
Were he in council he would support Jabaster. 'Oh! his mere tool. What think you of Scherirah? 'I would not trust him. As long as there is fighting, he will meddle with nothing else; but, mark my words, Ithamar: in quiet times he will support the priest. 'Medad will have a place in council. He is with us. 'Heart and soul. I would your brother were here, Asriel: he alone could balance Jabaster.
But Alroy, in despair at the thought of losing the talisman, remembering the injunctions of Jabaster, and animated by supernatural courage, burst from his searchers, and, seizing a brand from the fire, held them at bay. 'The fellow has spirit, said Scherirah, calmly. ''Tis pity it will cost him his life. 'Bold man, exclaimed Alroy, 'for a moment hear me! I am a pilgrim, poorer than a beggar.
'Let me die for the Ark! said a young enthusiast of the band of Abner. 'I thought we should get into a scrape, whispered Kisloch the Kourd to Calidas the Indian. 'What could have ever induced us to give up robbing in a quiet manner? 'And turn Jews! said the Guebre, with a sneer. 'Look at Scherirah, said the Negro, grinning. 'If he is not kissing the sceptre of Solomon!
I am poor, I am young, I am innocent. I am neither a spy nor a merchant. I have no plots, no wealth. I am a pilgrim. 'A decided spy, exclaimed Scherirah; 'they are ever pilgrims. 'He speaks too well to speak truth, exclaimed Kisloch. 'All talkers are liars, exclaimed Scherirah. 'That is why Kisloch is the most eloquent of the band.
Honain, continued Alroy, following the Grand Vizir out of the chamber, and leaving Scherirah alone, 'Honain, I have not yet interchanged a word with you in private. What think you of all this? 'Sire, I am prepared for the worst, but hope the best. ''Tis wise. If Abner could only keep that Karasmian in check! I am about to speak with Scherirah alone. I do suspect him much.
Ithamar must throw himself between the Sultan and Abidan, Medad fall back on Ithamar. Scherirah must guard the capital. Honain, you are Regent. And so farewell. I shall set off to-night. Courage, brave companions. 'Tis a storm, but many a cedar survives the thunderbolt. The council broke up. 'My own Scherirah! said the Caliph, as they retired, 'stay awhile. I would speak with you alone.
'My pious brother wishes to lead you back to the Theocracy, and is fearful that, if he prays at Bagdad instead of Zion, he may chance to become only the head of an inferior sect, instead of revelling in the universal tithes of a whole nation. As for the meteor, Scherirah must have crossed the river about the same time, and the Sultan of Roum may explain the bloody portent.
My destiny is not complete. And whither tends it? Let that power decide which hitherto has fashioned all my course. 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem! ever harping on Jerusalem. With all his lore, he is a narrow-minded zealot whose dreaming memory would fondly make a future like the past. O Bagdad, Bagdad, within thy glittering halls, there is a charm worth all his Cabala! 'Hah! Scherirah!
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