The King's Talisman — page 149: what you’re looking at

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140 THE KINGS TALISMAN. ‘¢That I should not dare! Did you tell him this?” ‘We did.” A moment Modad’s bosom heaved, as he looked upon the men who thus undauntedly spoke the truth to his face; but that moment passed, and with it went the emo- tions he had exhibited. His face was as calm as was the surface of the marble pillar at his side, and through his bluish tinted lips, he hissed: ‘*Now you shall know how much your king dares to do! From hence you go to your prison, and when you come forth from thence, it will be to your death! AlI-Bassa_ shall follow you soon, and so shall the dervise, whom | believe to be at the bottom of the whole. Petra shall know that I am her king!” ‘‘Modad,” said Velorus, ‘‘ you may send us to our death, but thy throne shall tremble beneath the blow that takes our lives.” ‘““Away with them, slaves!” the monarch exclaimed. “Place them in the strongest of the northern dungeons, and bring me the keys.” The eunuchs led the censors away from the king's pres- - ence, and as they went, Modad wondered why they were so calm and resigned. Little knew he of the assurance those two men had received ere they had been brought into his presence. He thought they looked thus calmly in view of death. | While the king is waiting for the result of some of his undertakings, let us turn once more to the party within the temple of Taurus. Abdah Nazor and Noureddin had arisen from their hard couches while yet the two girls slept, and even the eunuchs, though they were bowed down with fatigue, had been aroused by the first movements. of their young leader. Through the large window that had been cut in the rock which formed the roof of the temple, the bright beams of morning were shining, and as they lighted Eomicbooks (Eo)