"The years have perjured themselves ere this.

Yet, as thou sayest, Nahoum is a Christian," he added, with irony scarcely veiled.
Now he moved forward with David towards the waiting court.

David searched the groups of faces for Nahoum in vain.

There were things to be said to Nahoum before he left on the morrow, last suggestions to be given.

Nahoum could not be seen.
Nahoum was gone, as were also Sharif and his confederates, and in the lofty Mosque of Mahmoud soft lights were hovering, while the Sheikh-el-Islam waited with Koran and scimitar for the ruler of Egypt to pray to God and salute the Lord Mahomet.
At the great gateway in the Street of the Tent Makers Kaid paused on his way to the Mosque Mahmoud.