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The name of the city is preserved by Cape Cartagena also called from the saint's tomb found there Ras Sidi bu Said the eastern headland of the peninsula, projecting into the gulf with its highest point rising to 393 feet above the level of the sea.
"Ali has told me," she said, turning to him, "how much you have done for us, and how you saved the lives of both my husband and son." "I was fortunate in being able to do so," he replied, "and that without the slightest risk to myself." Then changing the subject, he went on, "I thought that you would wish to come." "Certainly I should," she said. "My place is by his side. And is Sidi well also?
"The fêtes of Bâst attracted pilgrims from all parts of Egypt, as at the present day those of Sidi Ahmed el-Bedawee draw people to the modern fair of Tantah. The people of each village crowded into large boats to get there, men and women pell-mell, with the fixed intention of enjoying themselves on the journey, a thing they never failed to do.
"Listen," said the Dey, laying aside his pipe and talking earnestly; "it may well chance, as it has happened before, that thy counsel may lighten my care. I am sad because two of my chief officers are snakes in the grass. They are venomous too, and their bite will prove deadly if it be not avoided. Canst thou guess their names, Ashweesha?" "Sidi Omar and Sidi Hassan," said Ashweesha.
If you weary of it here, promise me, swear to me.... "The Sheik had understood. He took a ring from his finger and slipped it onto mine. "'Sidi Casimir, comrade, he affirmed. 'You come find us. Take Sidi Ahmed's ring and show it. Everybody at Ahaggar comrades. Bono Ahaggar, bono. "When I came out of the Gare de Lyon, I had the feeling of having perpetrated an excellent joke."
"I denied again that I was the Commander of the Faithful, no matter how much my features might resemble his; but perceiving that the man retained his own opinion of my identity and received my disclaimers only out of politeness, I thought it not worth while to argue the question with him further, but desired him to send the fruit to me, Sidi ibn Thalabi, on board this boat.
"I'd like to keep you out of jail, if that's possible," Grim answered. "You and I are old acquaintances, Sidi bin Tagim. But of course, if you're here to sow sedition, and should there be a document at large in proof of it, which document should fall into the hands of the police well, I couldn't do much for you then. You'd better tell me who stabbed you, and I'll get after him." "Ah!
Beyond the hospital, opposite to the Grand Rocher, a terrific precipice of rock beneath which a cascade leaps down to the valley where lie the baths of Sidi Imcin, is a wood of fir-trees commanding an immense view. This was the objective of their walk.
In the first place, your dress is covered with blood; and in the next, you are too weak to walk. I will go into the town. There are plenty of shops close to the gate, and I will buy a burnoose that will cover you, and a change of clothes for you to make afterwards. I will get you some food and a little cordial." Sidi shook his head. "Nonsense, man!" Edgar went on.
"Thank you; I've got plenty." The nurse came by, and smiled at Pierson. "He's one of our blase ones; been in before, haven't you, Simson?" Pierson looked at the young man, whose long, narrow face; where one sandy-lashed eyelid drooped just a little, seemed armoured with a sort of limited omniscience. The gramophone had whirred and grunted into "Sidi Brahim." The nurse passed on.
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