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'My lords, she said, 'my name is Sumi, and I am the daughter of Moizes, one of our most famous rabbis. I am the victim of my love for Izaf, pointing to the man who had entered last, 'and in spite of his ingratitude, I cannot tear him from my heart.
In an instant, to the Geni's astonishment, the river dried up, leaving only a shallow stream running through the grass at their feet. The Geni was not altogether a bad-hearted fellow, and he was also much impressed by the wonderful things Pei-Hang seemed able to do; so he offered to show him the nearest way to the home of the Genii, on the top of Mount Sumi.
Sumi consented, but only on the condition that we would never sell the watch without ascertaining the house where it was to be found, so that she might also take Aurora thither, and thus Argentine would not be alone if by any chance she was wound up at the mystic hour. For some weeks now we have lived by this means, and the two daughters of Siroco have never failed to return to Sumi each night.
It may cry, and then our secret will be discovered. And so saying, the two young women disappeared. The Jews were left in the front hall under the care of the slaves, and Neangir and Sumi followed the Bassa inside the house, which was magnificently furnished.
There they saw two young men, one about seventeen, and the other nineteen years of age. The younger was seated before a table, his forehead resting on his right hand, which he was watering with his tears. He raised his head for a moment when his father entered, and Neangir and Sumi both saw that this hand was of ebony.
Then he kissed her, and set out on his journey to Mount Sumi. But on his way across the plain he passed through the town where his parents lived, and he went to see them, and told them all that had happened since he left Chang-ngan.
'Not knowing what else to do, we all three returned to Constantinople to ask the advice of Sumi, and found that she was already aware of our misfortunes, having read about them in the book of Moizes. The kind-hearted creature wept bitterly at our story, but, being poor herself, could give us little help.
'Do you see, whispered the Bassa, 'for three hours daily one collects these coral beads, and for the same space of time the other laments over his hand which has become black, and I am wholly ignorant what is the cause of either misfortune. 'Do not let us stay here, said Sumi, 'our presence must add to their grief. The Bassa readily agreed to Sumi's proposal, but Neangir objected strongly.
But tell me, O wise Sumi, where I can find the last of the accursed race who has brought this doom on my son? 'It is written here, replied Sumi, turning over some leaves. 'The little black pig is in the pink bag carried by the two Circassians. When he read this the Bassa sank on his cushions in despair. 'Ah, he said, 'that is the bag that was offered me this morning for three hundred sequins.
'If Sumi leaves us, he said to his father, 'I shall not see my beloved Argentine when she returns to-night with the fair Aurora. And life is an eternity till I behold her. 'Be comforted, replied Sumi. 'I will be back before sunset; and I leave you my adored Izaf as a pledge.
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