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hind whom the king and nobles of Herat prayed ! 

 Shame on him if he left her here ! I could o'nly 

 assist him in my good wishes, but these were of little 

 value. At length he determined on making a re- 

 presentation to the Khan Hazarut on the subject, 

 and the result was that the woman was promised to 

 him. The next day he rushed into my room in a 

 perfect fury ; it was some time before he could 

 collect his breath enough to tell me the cause. At 

 length, amongst curses on those sons of burnt fathers, 

 this race of dogs ! he told me that, instead of the 

 Kutub's daughter, they had released and sent to him 

 a female relation of the notorious plunderer, Bi Bood ! 

 one of the greatest villains that an age of misrule 

 ever produced. "And now," said Brutus, "if I do 

 not return this woman there is no hope of the 

 Kutub's daughter, as in the eyes of this race all 

 women are alike. They have given me one woman, 

 and that was their promise, and if I send back this 

 woman, Bi Bood will never rest until he has ruined 

 me and my house. Upon what calamity have I 

 fallen, that it should be my lot to release one of Bi 

 Bood's house?" 



I was very sorry indeed to part with Brutus ; he 

 has decidedly more heart than any of the Heratees of 

 my acquaintance, and some of his peculiarities were 

 most amusing, to say nothing of his being valuable 

 to me in negotiations with these bigoted Mahome- 

 dans. I think the tears on his cheek were genuine, 



