A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 59: what you’re looking at

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~ ‘ ~ A SERVANT OF SATAN. 51 ing, cruel smile hovered around her red lips as she advanced toward the princess and her lover. ‘«‘Hnfin! Louba Hanem!” exclaimed she, in French. ‘At length I have youin my power! Revenge always comes to those who can afford to wait! For months and months . you haye been the favorite of our lord, the pearl of sur- passing value, beside whom all were but as dross, the treasure of his heart and the joy of his life, while I—I—was left far behind—hardly noticed—often repulsed—I, who am as beautiful as you, and who love him with « love of which you are utterly incapable! How often have I besought Allah to grant me my revenge! He has heard my prayer! for within the hour that is now passing away our lord will haye slain both your lover and yourself! Even at this very moment you are being watched, and at a sign from me he will be summoned hither to. behold with his own eyes the shameful manner in which you betray him with a dog of an unbeliever!” Princess Louba had meanwhile started to her feet, oa stood there in all her glorious beauty, white and trembling with rage and with terror. «Who is it that will dare to raise his or her hand against me, the daughter of his highness! Who are you but a mere slave—a toy bought by our lord! The pastime of one short hour, thereafter to be flung back into the depths of ignominy from which you were raised by his hand! You shall suffer cruelly for your present insolence. I will cause you to be Morpped until every particle of skin has been torn from your body.” «Will you, indeed, Louba Hanem? I challenge you to try it. You will find that even your royal father will be powerless to save either your lover or yourself.” With a snake-like motion of her supple body the vindic- tive creature glided to one of the windows opening out on to the veranda and was about to issue forth on her danger- GEomichboo <S) EO =|