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After all his exertions, Alroy fell into profound and dreamless sleep. When he awoke, the sun had been long up. Schirene was still slumbering. He embraced her, and she opened her eyes and smiled. 'You are now a bandit's bride, he said. 'How like you our new life? 'Well! with thee.
I will go, I will die, and deem the hardest accident of life but sheer prosperity if it profit thee. 'O Schirene! what wouldst thou? This, this is torture. 'To see thee safe and happy; nothing more. 'I am both, if thou art. 'Care not for me, I am nothing. 'Thou art all to me. 'Calm thyself, my soul. It grieves me much that when I came to soothe I have only galled thee.
Some were placed on guard at different parts; some were sent out to the chase, or to collect dates from the Oasis; others led the horses to the contiguous pasture, or remained to attend to their domestic arrangements. The amphitheatre was cleared out. A rude but convenient pavilion was formed for Schirene.
A magnificent and lofty car, formed of blue enamel with golden wheels, and axletrees of turquoises and brilliants, and drawn by twelve snow-white and sacred horses, four abreast; in the car Alroy and Schirene. Five thousand of the Sacred Guard closed the procession. Amid the exclamations of the people, this gorgeous procession crossed the plain, and moved around the mighty circus.
All's well, all's well. Say that Jabaster lives. What then? He lives, and may he prove more duteous than before; that's all. 'He lives, he is my prisoner, he awaits his doom. It must be given. 'Yes, yes! 'Shall we pardon? 'My lord will do that which it pleases him. 'Nay, nay, Schirene, I pray thee be more kind. I am most wretched. Speak, what wouldst thou?
'Nothing, sweetest; all will soon be well, replied Alroy, picking up, and examining the fragments of the shivered dagger, which he had just discovered. 'My life has been attempted; the palace is in flames; I suspect the city is in insurrection. Look to your mistress, maidens! Schirene fell into their arms. 'I will soon be back. So saying, he hurried to the grand court.
I offer thee not empire: I offer thee not wealth; I offer thee not all the boundless gratification of magnificent fancy, these may be thine, but all these thou hast proved; but, if the passionate affections of a spirit which never has yielded to the power of woman or the might of man, if the deep devotion of the soul of Alroy, be deemed an offering meet for the shrine of thy surpassing loveliness, I worship thee, Schirene.
'The troops are under arms; to-morrow's dawn will hear my trumpet. 'I will not quit thee, no! I will not quit thee. What business has Schirene without Alroy? Hast thou not often told me I am thy inspiration? In the hour of danger shall I be wanting? Never! I will not quit thee; no, I will not quit thee. 'Thou art ever present in my thoughts, my soul.
'To-morrow! He threw Schirene aside somewhat hastily, and sprang from his seat. 'To-morrow! would it were over! To-morrow! Methinks there is within that single word the fate of ages! Shall it be said to-morrow that Alroy Hah! what art thou that risest now before me? Dread, mighty spirit, thou hast come in time to save me from perdition. Take me to thy bosom, 'tis not stabbed.
'The Lord will not desert her: she ne'er deserted Him. 'Schirene? 'Schirene! why! for her sake alone I will die a hero. Shall it be said she loved a craven slave, a base impostor, a vile renegade, a villainous dealer in drugs and charms? Oh! no, no, no! if only for her sake, her sweet, sweet sake, my end shall be like my great life. As the sun I rose, like him I set.
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