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When they reached the accustomed spot, the mute leapt into the 

 canoe, which he had made fast to the root of a mango-tree, and mo- 

 tioning Govinda to follow him, he pushed from the shore, and rowed 

 rapidly till they reached a tall, bare rock near the centre of the stream, 

 beneath the dark shadow of which Sahib moored his little boat, out 

 of the possible reach of human eye or ear. 



All had passed so quickly, that Govinda felt like one in a dream ; 

 but now, awakening to a sense of his situation, he held out his 

 hand for the expected letter from his brother, trembling to learn its 

 import, upon which he felt that more than his life depended. Sahib, 

 meanwhile, did not appear in haste to obey. At length, after a 

 pause of breathless suspense, Govinda heard a low and well-remem- 

 bered voice repeat an almost-forgotten name : " Faizi!" it said. 



" O Prophet of God ! my brother !" and he was clasped in the 

 arms of Abul Fazil. 



After the first transports of recognition had subsided, Faizi (it is 

 time to use his real name) sank from his brother's arms to his feet : 

 he clasped his knees. " My brother I" he exclaimed, " what is now 

 to be my fate ? You have not lightly assumed this disguise, and 

 braved the danger of discovery ! You know all, and have come to 

 save me to bless me ? Is it not so ?" 



Abul Fazil could not see his brother's uplifted countenance, flush- 

 ed with the hectic of feverish impatience, or his imploring eyes, that 

 floated in tears ; but his tones were sufficiently expressive. 



" Poor boy ! " he said compassionately, " I should have forseen 

 this. But calm these transports, my brother ! nothing is denied to 

 the sultan's power, and nothing will he deny thee." 



" He knows all then ? " 



"All and by his command am 1 come. I had feared, that my 

 brother had sold his vowed obedience for the smile of a dark -eyed 

 girl what shall I say ? I feared for his safety ! " 



" Oh, my brother ; there is no cause ! " 



" I know it enough ! I have seen and heard ! " 

 Faizi covered his face with his hands. 



"If the sultan " 



" Have no doubts," said Abul Fazil: "nothing is denied to the 

 sultan's power, nothing will be denied to thee." 



"And the Brahman Adhar ?" 



" It has been looked to he will not trouble thee." 



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