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•' ter, had frequent conversations with the Kahlri 

 *' I ordered them to be watched and listened to, 

 '^ and I give thee to understand, that the design of 

 *' these two rascals was, wiicn thou shouldest have 

 " reached the desert, to massacre thee and thy 

 *' companions, and to share thy spoils, which the 

 *' interpreter assured his associate were invaluable. 

 *' In order that not a doubt may remain with thee 

 *^ respecting the atrocious perfidy of that dog whom 

 ** thou hast cherished to betray thee, I will order 

 *' him to come in, and oblige him to acknowledge 

 *' every thing in our presence." 



The Syrian arrived of course a moment after. 

 His appearance was that of self satisfaction ; the 

 stupid grin which he usually wore, widened his 

 mouth. He imagined that the young Egyptian 

 not being qualified to support an important conver- 

 sation, we had been obliged to have recourse to his 

 talents. The ^zV?^^//''/ addressed a few questions to 

 him, which very soon clouded the tokens of his 

 joy: he turned pale and trembled; but when Ibra- 

 him concluded by declaring, that it was no longer 

 time to dissemble, that the Kahlr had given him 

 the most minute details of his perfidy, he fell as 

 with a thunder- stroke at the feet of the Ktaschef, 

 To the confession of his crime he added some cir- 

 cumstances which were not known, accusing the 

 Kahlr of being the author of the plot^ and of what 



