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THE KINGS TALISMAN. 41 Modad started half madly and half wildly from his place, but the dervise had. gone. He would have followed him, but he dared not. He would have called upon his attend- ant eunuchs, but he would not trust them with a knowl- edge of his then present state of mind, for his ten Nubians —his most trustworthy slaves—had gone. Only the two poor mutes had been witnesses of the scene, and their tongues were tied in eternal silence. Modad gazed for a moment vacantly upon the arras where the old man had disappeared, and then sinking back upon his couch, he sought to gather his half scattered senses, while the terri- fied slaves stood trembling by his side. m 7) Eomicbooks.co