The companionship he has must be bitter to him, I fancy; they do say he would have had his officer's grade, and the cross, too, long before now, if it were not for his Colonel's hatred." "Ah! I have seen him before now; he carves in ivory.

I suppose he has a good side for those things with you ?" The Moor looked up in amazement.
"In ivory, madame ?--he?
Allah--il-Allah! I never heard of it.

It is strange-----" "Very strange.

Doubtless you would have given him a good price for them ?" "Surely I would; any price he should have wished.

Do I not owe him my life ?" At that moment little Musjid let fall a valuable coffee-tray, inlaid with amber; his master, with muttered apology, hastened to the scene of the accident; the noise startled Cecil, and his eyes unclosed to all the dreamy, fantastic colors of the place, and met those bent on him in musing pity--saw that lustrous, haughty, delicate head bending slightly down through the many-colored shadows.
He thought he was dreaming, yet on instinct he rose, staggering slightly, for sharp pain was still darting through his head and temples.
"Madame! Pardon me! Was I sleeping ?" "You were, and rest again.