If we were going to the mountain of the Druzes, we might go alone! We all were eager to express regret.

He listened with a sneer, and answered nothing.

After a while he beckoned me to speak apart with him, and, when we were beyond the hearing of the others, said: 'I leave thee now, O Faranji, and journey towards Nejd to seek adventures.

Thou lovest me I am aware, and so I grieve to part from thee; but thy adherents are low people and devoured by envy.

If ever we should meet again I will destroy them.