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Updated: August 19, 2024
After this a quantity of food was thrown to the athletes, for which another scramble ensued. In the midst of this scene an officer of the palace was observed to whisper in the ear of the Dey, who rose immediately and left the skiffa, bringing the amusements to an abrupt close. Thus was sounded the first clap of the thunder storm which was about to descend on the city.
"Do as you will, Bacri," said Francisco; "we are in your hands and place implicit confidence in you." "Well, follow me!" said the Jew. Rising and leaving the skiffa, he conducted them down a staircase into a small cellar, which was almost too low to admit of their standing erect.
Mean while, have a care; our plot is in your hands, but thine every movement shall be watched from this hour, and if a note of warning escapes thee, thou art but a dead man!" Saying this, the Aga departed, and Bacri, returning to the skiffa, summoned Mariano, who had been engaged in another part of the house when Hamet entered.
Arriving there too soon, he put up his horse, and, threading his way through the streets of the old town, soon found himself in front of the small and unpretending, though massive, portal of Bacri the Jew. He found the master of the house seated in the central court, or skiffa, drinking coffee with his wife and children.
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