This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ..."To-day, I suppose." "Then I shall find him at the palace." CHAPTER XII KIPRULI ALI As the carriage bore Lala Sheddin back to his formidable post, in a world apart from other worlds, it was characteristic of him that he did not take the trouble even to glimpse this new world into which circumstances ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ..."To-day, I suppose." "Then I shall find him at the palace." CHAPTER XII KIPRULI ALI As the carriage bore Lala Sheddin back to his formidable post, in a world apart from other worlds, it was characteristic of him that he did not take the trouble even to glimpse this new world into which circumstances had put him for an hour or two: he was a man of single purpose. The eunuch had declared that Lionel would return, and he believed it. Manlove Pasha had promised that he would not interfere again, and Lala Sheddin trusted his word. Yet in spite of his faith in the two Englishmen, he was troubled. He knew the happenings of life to be complex and inexplicable: in life's tricks he had no faith. "I shall only feel at ease when I see my boy's face," he murmured. "My boy!" He tasted the joy of the words with closed eyes, his hands clasped on his knees. The broad shoulders of the young Englishman were what he first saw when he stepped from his carriage, Lionel's carriage having preceded his by only a few seconds. "Oh, my boy!" cried the eunuch. "I knew you would come!" "I was delayed. I am sorry," Lionel answered. Lala Sheddin shook hands with him warmly. "I know everything. I have just returned from Manlove Pasha's. Go to your pavilion now, and I will join you presently." A half-hour later they were comfortably settled in Lionel's sitting-room. "You said that Manlove Pasha had explained the cause of my absence to you?" "Quite satisfactorily. He got frightened, and dared a great deal, believing he was doing you a service. Now, tell me how you got back." "There's not much to tell. We went to the Piraeus, much against my will--and then we came back....
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