"
"Seize him?"
"I have no power to seize him, Effendina."
"I will give it. My Nubians shall go also."
"Effendina, I will go alone. It is the only way. There is great danger to
the throne. Who can tell what a night will bring forth?"
"If Harrik should escape--"
"If I were an Egyptian and permitted Harrik to escape, my life would pay
for my failure. If I failed, thou wouldst not succeed. If I am to serve
Egypt, there must be trust in me from thee, or it were better to pause
now. If I go, as I shall go, alone, I put my life in danger--is it not
so?"
Suddenly Kaid sat down again among his cushions. "Inshallah! In the name
of God, be it so. Thou art not as other men. There is something in thee
above my thinking. But I will not sleep till I see thee again."
"I shall see thee at midnight, Effendina. Give me the ring from thy
finger."
Kaid passed it over, and David put it in his pocket. Then he turned to
go.
"Nahoum?" he asked.
"Take him hence. Let him serve thee if it be thy will. Yet I cannot
understand it.
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