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The darkness prevented Bias fro Ledscha's features, but it was easy to perceive as passing in her asped: "How can I know the object of your accusations? but fie upon the servant ould alienate from his own kind ed not only his tone of voice, but his language, and, deeply offended, poured forth a torrent of wrath in the dialect of his people: "If to guard you, and my master with you, from harm, my words had the power to put between you and Her moon from Tennis, I would make them sound as loud as the lion's roar Yet perhaps you would not understand theh you were deaf and blind Did you ever even ask yourself whether the Greek is not differently constituted from the sons of the Biarew up, and to whom he is an abomination? Yet he is no more like them than poppy juice is like pure water He and his companions turn life upside down There is noin Alexandria than we here in the dark can reen

Toold, Hermon is a kind master I knoithout your aid what I owe him, and serve him as loyally as any one; but where he threatens to lead to ruin the innocent daughter of the race whose blood flows inso perhaps finally destroy himself too, conscience commands er threatens the flock Beware, girl, I repeat! Keep your beauty, which is now to be degraded to feast the eyes of gaping Greeks, for the worthiest husband ah Her will very soon be over; we shall leave Tennis within the next few days When he has gone there will be one ods upon the head of a Greek You are not the only one ill execrate the destiny that brought us here Others have been caught in his net too"

"Here?" asked Ledscha in a hollow tone; and the slave eagerly answered: "Where else? And that youthose who visited Her sister"