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Updated: May 4, 2025
They are, the "History of Khosru and Shireen," the "Loves of Yussuf and Zuleika," and the "Misfortunes of Mejnoun and Leila." So powerful is the charm attached to these stories, that it appears to have been considered almost the imperative duty of all the poets to compose a new version of the old, familiar, and beloved traditions.
Twisting and turning in her flight, with wild eyes that fearfully retained the image of that small man gathering himself to spring, Zuleika found herself suddenly where she could no further go. She was in that grim ravine by which you approach New College. At sight of the great shut gate before her, she halted, and swerved to the wall.
She said something about changing the dress she wore at dinner. She will come." And the Warden thanked his young friend for the great kindness he had shown to Zuleika. He hoped the Duke had not let her worry him with her artless prattle. "She seems to be a good, amiable girl," he added, in his detached way. Sitting beside him, the Duke looked curiously at the venerable profile, as at a mummy's.
Old men and men of middle age admired her, but she had not that flower-like quality of shyness and helplessness, that look of innocence, so dear to men who carry life's secrets in their heads. Yet Zuleika WAS very innocent, really. She was as pure as that young shepherdess Marcella, who, all unguarded, roved the mountains and was by all the shepherds adored.
Came Cupid, with one of his arrow-points for graver, and what he cut on the gem's surface never can be effaced. There, deeply and forever, your image is intagliated. No years, nor fires, nor cataclysm of total Nature, can efface from that great gem your image." "My dear Duke," said Zuleika, "don't be so silly. Look at the matter sensibly.
"I will try," she said merely, "to forget what you have done." Motioning him to her side, she opened her parasol, and signified her readiness to start. They passed together across the vast gravelled expanse of the Front Quadrangle. In the porch of the College there were, as usual, some chained-up dogs, patiently awaiting their masters. Zuleika, of course, did not care for dogs.
"Zuleika," continued Valentine, with the utmost tenderness and consideration, "I, too, have loved, deeply and desperately; I, too, have felt all the bitter pangs that arise from separation; but I have realized my dream at last, and the shadows that surrounded me have been swept away by the blessed sunshine of union and happiness. Confide in me, my child.
A few moments later the Count, Zuleika and Ali were safely deposited on the Haydée's deck and the gallant little vessel turned her prow towards the Italian coast. Monte-Cristo and his daughter, with Ali at a short distance from them, stood closely watching the fast disappearing island. The Count was more agitated and paler than he had yet been.
Massetti's convulsion had passed away, his hands had uncurled and his unearthly pallor had been succeeded by a faint flush. He reclined in his chair as if wrapped in a healthful slumber. Presently his lips parted. "Zuleika!" he murmured. "Oh! my beloved!" Dr. Absalom glanced at the Italian physician significantly, triumphantly.
Another, an estimable young lady, is now languishing in Paris on his account." "I pity her!" said the old nobleman, impressively. "So do I," rejoined Maximilian; "from the bottom of my heart I pity them both and that is the reason I am here." "May I ask the name of this estimable young lady?" "Certainly. Her name is Zuleika; she is the daughter of the world-famous Count of Monte-Cristo."
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