The King's Talisman — page 138: what you’re looking at

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THE KINGS TALISMAN. 129 The youth had too often asked in vain for a solution of the mystery to which his old tutor alone had the key, to press the matter now, and so passing on to matters of more © immediate import, he said: ‘‘One thing, my kind master, you can help me to now. I have pledged my faithful Egyptian followers that I would see them safe from the power of the king.” ‘© How many have you left?” ‘<'T'welve.” ‘¢Then let them follow us into the city.” ‘But I have promised that they should not come within the power of the king.” ‘‘ Neither shallthey. I will find them shelter ina De where no power of the king’s can find them.” ‘¢ Within the city walls?” ‘¢ Ay, within the city walls.” «*Then the sooner we enter the better,” Noureddin said, seeming to understand that the old man had some safe place of concealment marked out. The young leader turned to one of the eunuchs and or- dered him to lead forwara one of the spare horses, and as soon as it was brought the old dervise mounted, and the train again set forward. It was somewhat past midnight when the party arrived at the entrance of the narrow pass that led into the city, and the guard stopped them for ex- amination; but Noureddin still held the written commis- sion which he had received from the king, and upon pro- ducing it he was allowed to pass without further question; but before he had started on, while yet the officer was ex- amining his commission, a man moved stealthily away from the place, and as soon as the darkness had hidden him from the view of those behind, he darted swiftly away toward the city. No one had noticed his movements, nor had Abdah Nazor or his companion the least suspicion that GEomicboo <S (Ef o)