Thee is a traitor to thy country and thy lawful lord." Harrik's face turned pale; the stem of the narghileh shook in his fingers.

All had been discovered, then! But there was a thing of dark magic here.

It was not a half-hour since he had given the word to strike at midnight, to surround the Palace, and to seize the Prince Pasha.
Achmet--Higli, had betrayed him, then! Who other?
No one else knew save Zaida, and Zaida was in the harem.

Perhaps even now his own palace was surrounded.

If it was so, then, come what might, this masterful Inglesi should pay the price.