The old woman is still sitting opposite Mohammed's house, reposing
there, apparently, after smoking her pipe. Her head is thrown back,
resting against the door, and her eyes are closed; she seems to be
sleeping.
CHAPTER X
THE DEPARTURE.
A new and great event occupied the attention of the inhabitants of
Cavalla and Praousta on the following morning. A large and
magnificent ship had entered the harbor during the night, a vessel
of the Turkish navy: its dark-red flag, with the grand-sultan's
crown on its dark field, showed it to be such. The sailors were
attired in glittering uniforms, and on the deck stood a tent
embroidered with gold, beneath it a luxurious couch of swelling
cushions. The ship was still handsomer than the one on which
Cousrouf Pacha had arrived three years before. But then he had come
to Cavalla as an exile, and had not been sent away with the same
ceremony with which they were now prepared to welcome him back. For
it is already known, and the intelligence has rapidly spread, that
this ship has come from Stamboul to convey Cousrouf Pacha back to
his home; and, therefore, was it so festively decorated with flags,
and carpets, and garlands of flowers.
His friend the grand-admiral, Hussein Pacha, has been working in his
interest, and the sunlight of his master's favor is once more shed
upon the head of the exile.
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