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terers, and I had a capital opportunity of playing 

 the great man. But I was thinking of other 

 things than of the idiots who were teasing me;- 

 the injunctions which Ismain had laid upon me 

 never quitted my imagination. I was conscious 

 that I did not possess the gift of miracles, and that 

 was absolutely necessary to enable me to satisfy 

 him. I determined to abandon a delicate situa- 

 tion which I was not in a condition to fill. After 

 having dined, the prince fell asleep, and I availed 

 myself of that circumstance to return to Luxor, 

 where a Cophtish Catholic, whom I had seen at 

 I\egimde, had already entertained vnc. 



On awakening, the prince unfortunately turned 

 his thoughts on me : he cried out with all his 

 might, Fen hak'hn ? Fen hakhn P (Where is the 

 physician ? Where is the physician ?) When he 

 learnt that I was at Luxor., he dispatched a mes- 

 senger after me to say, that Mourat Bey having 

 sent me to his assistance, I must not think of quit- 

 ting him, and that from that period I was his fhy- 

 sifian. This message concluded with an order to 

 hoM myself in readiness the next day, to accom.- 

 pany Ismai'n in his journey. Sheep and provisions 

 of every kind followed the messenger, and were 

 presented to me in the name of my illustrious and 

 whimsical patient. 



I felt 



