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my sovereign I had no alternative but to bestow it. 
But seeing that I was firm, the messengers went away, 
and soon after a horseman arrived with the order for 
me to leave the town instantly. 
Meanwhile, during all this negotiation and dispute, 
I had become extremely weak, and the excitement 
had brought on a very severe fit of fever. Indeed I 
scarcely thought that I should be able to sit on 
horseback, and to bear the sun, it being then just 
noon, and the sun shining forth with great power. 
Nevertheless I got my things ready ; but having left 
my quarters a little too soon, and being obliged to 
wait some time for the other people, I became so weak 
that I could no longer keep on my feet, but lay down 
on the ground till my companions arrived. Sitting 
then firmly in my large Arab stirrups, and holding 
on to the pommel, I proceeded ; and though I fainted 
twice, I soon regained some strength, a slight breeze 
having arisen, which greatly mitigated the burning 
heat. 
Numbers of people accompanied me, expressing 
their grief and sorrow at my abrupt departure. By 
my refusing to write laiya, or to say the fat-ha, I had 
estranged many a friendly-disposed native, and by 
my obstinacy I had incurred the displeasure of their 
master ; yet many of the people openly disapproved of 
his conduct towards me. 
An immense quantity of rain having fallen during 
my stay here, the country appeared to me much more 
beautiful now than when we came, and full of fine 
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