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Haidee's arroan, at the sa towards the count as if to ask if he were satisfied with her obedience to his commands Monte Cristo arose and approached her, took her hand, and said to her in Roe in re that there is a God ill punish traitors"

"It is a frightful story, count," said Albert, terrified at the paleness of Haidee's countenance, "and I reproach htless in ," said Monte Cristo Then, patting the young girl on the head, he continued, "Haidee is very courageous, and she sometimes even finds consolation in the recital of her erly, "oodness"

Albert looked at her with curiosity, for she had not yet related what he most desired to know,--how she had becolance the sa the countenances of her two auditors; she exclaimed, 'When my mother recovered her senses ere before the serasker 'Kill,' said she, 'but spare the honor of theof Ali'--'It is not to me to whom you must address yourself,' said Koorshid

"'To whom, then?'--'To your new master'

"'Who and where is he?'--'He is here'

"And Koorshid pointed out one who had more than any contributed to the death of er "Then," said Albert, "you became the property of this man?"

"No," replied Haidee, "he did not dare to keep us, so ere sold to so to Constantinople We traversed Greece, and arrived half dead at the iates They were surrounded by a crowd of people, who opened a way for us to pass, when suddenlylooked closely at an object which was attracting their attention, uttered a piercing cry and fell to the ground, pointing as she did so to a head which was placed over the gates, and beneath which were inscribed these words: "'This is the head of Ali Tepelini Pasha of Yanina' I cried bitterly, and tried to raise my mother from the earth, but she was dead! I was taken to the slave-market, and was purchased by a rich Arave e he sold me to the Sultan Mahmood"