Nahoum rose also, and stood watching her respectfully.
"Thee will go ?" asked David, with a movement towards her.
She inclined her head.

"We have finished our business, and it is late," she answered.
David looked at Nahoum.

"Thee will rest here, pasha, in peace.

In a moment I will return." He took up his hat.
There was a sudden flash of Nahoum's eyes, as though he saw an outcome of the intention which pleased him, but Hylda, saw the flash, and her senses were at once alarmed.
"There is no need to accompany me," she said.

"My cousin waits for me." David opened the door leading into the court-yard.