"Then listen! Come close to me--it is a secret. I tell you of it for
your mistress's sake; reward me by letting no one know who told
you."
"I swear that I will not, sarechsme!"
"Go to your mistress and tell her to have all her treasure, her gold
and silver plate, and all her other valuables, put in a safe place.
You probably have some such places in your cellars or vaults. It
must be done quickly. Say a dream has warned you or what you will,
but do not name me!"
He enveloped himself in his mantle, and hurried back to his palace,
in which all was now still. The soldiers had gone out to spend the
present given them by their general in joy and revelry. Mohammed was
again alone in his chamber. e walked to and fro, reflecting on all
he had done, with silent self-applause :
"It would have been unfortunate had he found Sitta Nefysseh's
treasure. It would help him out of his difficulties. That would
never do. You are falling, Cousrouf! and it is I who am hurling you
down! Your peril increases with every hour! You have only to insult
Sitta Nefysseh, and all Cairo will rise up in arms against you. Let
that be your last deed! Then, Cousrouf, when you have fallen, you
shall know who has destroyed you!--Masa, sleep quietly in your cold
grave! You are being avenged!"
CHAPTER V
A STRONG HEART.
Mohammed Ali's warning to the kachef Youssouf had not been
disregarded.
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