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There you might see him surrounded by captains who were soon to be famous wherever ships were to be seized or coasts harried; by Dragut, Sālih Reïs, Sinān the "Jew of Smyrna," who was suspected of black arts because he could take a declination with the crossbow, and that redoubtable rover Aydīn Reïs, whom the Spaniards dubbed Cachadiablo, or "Drub-devil," though he had better been named Drub-Spaniard.
At least, he is dead at your hands, and though he sinned against me and betrayed my niece to Sinan, peace be with his soul. Now I have one more thing to say to you. That Frank, Prince Arnat of Karak, whom you call Reginald de Chatillon accursed be his name!
This is the payment that I ask of you for the two good horses which, as I am told, bore you none so ill upon the Narrow Way and across plain and mountain when you fled from Sinan, also on the evil day of Hattin when you unhorsed Salah-ed-din and slew Hassan." "It shall be as you wish," said Godwin; "and, Son of the Sand, we thank you for those horses." "Good.
It is not on record what Kheyr-ed-Din said to Sinan, Mourad, and those other tacticians who had recommended the landing; which perhaps is a pity. Doria then made a tentative movement against the strait by a detachment of galleys; Barbarossa told off an equal number to oppose them, and they mutually cannonaded and skirmished during the day.
As they stood silent thus, not knowing what to say, a man entered through the door, and, throwing himself on his hands and knees, crawled towards the cushion through the double line of councillors or dais. "Your report?" said Sinan in Arabic. "Lord," answered the man, "I acquaint you that your will has been done in the matter of the vessel."
Till then, however, your sister is as safe as though she yet sat at home in England before Salah-ed-din dreamed his dream." "Therefore," said Godwin, "within that time she must either escape or die." "There is a third way," answered Masouda, shrugging her shoulders. "She might stay and become the wife of Sinan."
They had not long to wait, for presently there was a sound of music, and, heralded by troops of singing women, the lord Sinan approached, walking slowly down the length of the great hall. It was a strange procession, for after the women came the aged, white robed dais, then the lord Al-je-bal himself, clad now in his blood-red, festal robe, and wearing jewels on his turban.
But never a friend had she, save the woman of the Assassins, to whom she clung because she, Masouda, had saved her from Sinan, and who clung to her, why, Rosamund could not be sure, for there was a veil between their spirits. They were gone they were gone! Even the sound of their horses' hoofs had died away, and she was desolate as a child lost in a city full of folk.
'I quite understand you, child, said the Old Man, and put his hand under her chin. This made her blush, and brought up her face again quickly. 'Dear sire, she said shyly, 'you are very kind to me. If I had another reason for returning it would be that. Sinan kissed her. 'And so it shall be, my dear, he assured her. 'There is time enough.
The surprising amount of this artillery gives a measure of the strength of the fortress and the efforts it must have cost the besiegers with such a man as Sinan in command. That the end was near was known to all, and not the least of their embarrassments was the presence within the city walls of some twenty thousand Christian captives.
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