But from this man's words he knew that the stroke was now with the Prince Pasha.
Yet, if this pale Inglesi, this Christian sorcerer, knew the truth in a vision only, and had not declared it to Kaid, there might still be a chance of escape.

The lions were near--it would be a joy to give a Christian to the lions to celebrate the capture of Cairo and the throne.
He listened intently to the distant rumble of the lions.

There was one cage dedicated to vengeance.

Five human beings on whom his terrible anger fell in times past had been thrust into it alive.

Two were slaves, one was an enemy, one an invader of his harem, and one was a woman, his wife, his favourite, the darling of his heart.