The King's Talisman — page 63: what you’re looking at

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54 THE KINGS TALISMAN. Noureddin turned to one of the Nubians and bade him bring forward another of the horses that were following them. ‘The black may have hesitated for a moment, but no more, for he quickly turned his horse’s head and soon re- turned with the steed. The drivers stopped the camels, and leaping Froth his sad- dle, Noureddin handed Selina and her attendant from the pavilion, and assisted them to their saddles. Then mount- ing his own horse, he bade the train move onward. “Come, lady,” he said, as he turned his gaze upon the fair maiden; ‘* let us ride on to the front of the train. Your Nubian guard will protect the pavilion, while I, for the time, take charge of its jewels.” Beneath the dim starlight, Noureddin could see the rich blood mounting to the cheeks of the fair being, and as he gazed upon her beauty, made doubly thrilling by the grate- ful look that beamed from her eyes, emotions which had never before moved him entered into his soul. His nerves waxed stronger than ever; his heart beat more quickly, and yet more firmly, and in his bosom the lion had slumbered but to gain a tenfold strength when again aroused by those who would crush the gentle flower that was blooming by his side. Upon the Nubians he had hardly bestowed another thought, but leading the way on past the Egyptian eunuchs, he soon resumed his station at the head of the train, while the Lady Selina and her attendant rode by his side. ‘The young man gazed with a new-found rapture upon the fair girl, and she, as her eyes rested upon the noble features of her new protector and friend, could not but feel that they belonged to one who would assist her if he had the power; and she even allowed a gleam of hope to light up her soul for an instant, as the half-drawn -picture flitted before her mind. But, alas! that gleam of hope found no surface upon which to reflect its light; and as she looked forward Eomicboo S (Eo)