Waylaid and Captured 
a sinking heart that I came in sight of Ebaddan 
and saw its brown thatched roofs extending 
many miles over hill and dale, for I had reason 
to fear that it was to be my prison until it be¬ 
came my grave. 
We entered the city about sundown and were 
taken at once to the judgment place of the 
governor, Ebekoonleh. This was a counterpart 
of that of Areh. At the gate or door of the 
court, the young man ordered us to dismount 
and, placing me under guard of the soldier, 
entered alone to report to the governor. After a 
little delay, 1 was taken in under guard. 1 have 
a very vivid recollection of something that hap¬ 
pened just here for which I cannot certainly 
account unless I had now become partially 
crazed by heat and thirst, combined with ex¬ 
citement. When I saw the majestic and ponder¬ 
ous form of Ebekoonleh on the judgment-seat, 
and a great crowd of people standing on the 
left, a sudden feeling of indignation seized me, 
and by the side of the soldier 1 stalked defiantly 
up to the governor, looking him squarely in the 
eye all the time. But he did not seem to notice 
my disrespectful bearing, and with quiet dignity 
ordered me to take my position on his right. 
He was a remarkably handsome man, and 
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