A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 64: what you’re looking at

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—— 56 A SERVANT OF SATAN. Indian Civil Service en route to rejoin their posts on the expiration of their leave of absence, and of a considerable sprinkling of military men, some of whom were on their way to the East for the first time. ‘There were also quite a number of ladies and young girls who had been spending the hot season in England, and who were returning for the winter to their husbands and fathers. Besides these, there were several Parsee and other native traders, who, having been welcomed as princes and nabobs at Paris, and else- where in Europe, found it difficult to reconcile themselves again to the contemptuous treatment which even the hum- blest British subaltern deems it his duty to extend to the “‘ black men.” For the first three days after leaving Suez, Frederick failed to put in an appearance either at table or on deck, and remained most of the time in the seclusion of his own cabin. His nerves had been rudely shaken by the exciting scenes attending his departure from Cairo, and he felt a cold shiver run down his back when he thought of the terrible fate that would have been his lot had he fallen into the hands of the janizaries and eunuchs of M. le Pasha. With all its veneer of civilization, Egypt was then, and still is to this day, an essentially oriental country. ‘The mysteries of the harem are still as dark and shadowy as in days of yore; and notwithstanding all that may be said to the contra- ry, neither justice nor police legislation has ever succeeded in penetrating the Zenana. Within its walls, the pasha, or bey, especially if he be wealthy and influential, is absolute master of life and death of the inmates. He is accountable to no one for what goes on in his harem; and the stranger who dares to commit the unpardonable offense of invading its sanctity must be prepared to face either death or the most horrible forms of mutilation and torture. Of remorse for the death of the pasha’s second wife, Frederick felt none. He had strangled her in self-defense; comicbooks com — * yn er! . ~ -* - * S , "ty ‘ a kus bpeewnst ao, e. -