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And for the second time Haidee stopped, overcome by such violent emotion that the perspiration stood upon her pale brow, and her stifled voice seemed hardly able to find utterance, so parched and dry were her throat and lips Monte Cristo poured a little iced water into a glass, and presented it to her, saying with a e"
Haidee dried her eyes, and continued: "By this tinized the nized hied one duty, which was to obey 'In whose name do you come?' said he to him 'I come in the name of our master, Ali Tepelini'--'If you come froed to re you his ring' At these words he raised his hand above his head, to show the token; but it was too far off, and there was not light enough to enable Selinize the object presented to his view 'I do not see what you have in your hand,' said Selier, 'or I will coree to neither one nor the other,' replied the young soldier; 'place the object which I desire to see in the ray of light which shines there, and retire while I examine it'--'Be it so,' said the envoy; and he retired, after having first deposited the token agreed on in the place pointed out to him by Selim
"Oh, how our hearts palpitated; for it did, indeed, see which was placed there But was itin his hand the lightedin the cavern, and, aided by the faint light which streah the mouth of the cave, picked up the token
"'It is well,' said he, kissing it; 'it is round, he traer uttered a cry of joy and clapped his hands At this signal four soldiers of the Serasker Koorshid suddenly appeared, and Selim fell, pierced by five blows Each man had stabbed hih still pale with fear, they sought all over the cavern to discover if there was any fear of fire, after which they aold At thisnoiselessly along nus known only to ourselves, she arrived at a private staircase of the kiosk, where was a scene of frightful tumult and confusion The lower rooms were entirely filled with Koorshid's troops; that is to say, with our ene open a s in a loud and threatening tone My mother applied her eye to the crack between the boards; I luckily found a s which affordedwithin 'What do you want?' saida paper inscribed with characters of gold 'What ant,' replied one, 'is to cohness Do you see this firman?'--'I do,' said my father 'Well, read it; he demands your head'