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my turban, (fays he to Fidele) do you call me a lar?” Fid, 
“Tdid not call you a liar, only that Chriftian lied.” Jin. “1 
fay, that every word he {poke is truth, or Iam no true be- 
liever. Was not your fword drawn, and your {cabbard ly- 
ing-on the floor, when I entered the room? Was there any 
one prefent but him and you? Whom did you draw your 
fword upon?’ “ Pure merriment fora little amufement, 
fays Fidele, turning to the Moullah, I was diverting myfelf 
with the Chriftian, who came to give me medicines.” “The 
diverfion, I fancy, was over on your part, fays Soliman, my 
fervant, when you threw away your fword, after drawin g it, 
and called upon all your fervants for afliftance. Were not . 
your women at the door upon my entering it?” Fd. “ Would 
you have had me fhot in my own houfe by an infidel? 
Did he not prefent a piftol at me?’ Jm. “Lord! Lord! he 
was only diverting himfelf, too? Did not you fee that? You 
fhould have gone on with your merriment :—What ftopt 
you?” “Look you, Shekh, faid J, your inward thoughts are 
feen by me. Did not you fend two meflengers to Shekh 
Ibrahim. in Atbara that very night, within thefe twelve 
hours, defiring him to take me by force, while afleep, to 
heal his wounded men? Was this amufement, too? Beware 
in time, for every thought in your heart is known tomeas 
foon as it is formed.” 
Tue fherriffe muttered to himfelf, “ Hakim y’Eref—he 
is a learned man; he knows thefe things.” “ Shekh Ibra-« 
him is returned to Sennaar, fays the Moullah, that is the 
reafon why he fhould make hafte, and all this that has 
pafied is very improper. If a man diverts himfelf with 
drawn {words, is he not likely, when angry, to kill? this 
ought not to be; fend the man away ; you can get camels 
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