That would have meant a scandal in Egypt and in Europe.

I besought him otherwise.

It may be the scandal must come, but in another way, and--" "That I, Harrik, must die ?" Harrik's voice seemed far away.

In his own ears it sounded strange and unusual.

All at once the world seemed to be a vast vacuum in which his brain strove for air, and all his senses were numbed and overpowered.