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In the hollow places native shrubs, surprised by irrigation, had made an unwonted summer's growth. Here, in the blanching moon, stood a tent with both flaps thrown back. A wind of coolness drew across the hill; it lifted one of the tent-curtains mysteriously; its touch was sad and searching. Mrs. Thorne put back the canvas and stepped inside.
"It is but forage for your highness's horses," replied the Nubian; "for, were your troops once arrived, the people would fear to approach the camp." Suddenly the space is filled with smoke, the tent-curtains shrivel up in flames, and the Pasha and his comrades find themselves encircled in what they well know is their funeral pyre.
Would Paris leave signs of an ancient vigour standing to vindicate dignity when her fall came? Nevil thought of Renee in Paris. She avoided him. She had retired behind her tent-curtains, and reappeared only when her father's voice hailed the boat from a gondola.
Would Paris leave signs of an ancient vigour standing to vindicate dignity when her fall came? Nevil thought of Renee in Paris. She avoided him. She had retired behind her tent-curtains, and reappeared only when her father's voice hailed the boat from a gondola.
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