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www.192.twyouhaveassertedalas,
no,nsieur,repliedtheunt;allthosehevizier,
oreathisurt,areeitherdeadonea
yuntryn,survivedthat
dreadfulhelettersofalitepelini,hihave
placedbeforeyou;thering,atokenofhisgoodhishere;
and,lastly,thestnvinous
attadthatistheabsenceofanyyveracityand
thepurityoflitarylife.arrofapprobationranthroughthe
assely;andatthisnt,albert,hadnothiranspired,your
fathersaioputittothevote,
ed:gentlenandyou,nsieur,youwill
notbedispleased,ipresu,tolistentooneselfavery
iortantself.heis,doubtless,
etoprovetheperfeoceofourlleague.hereisaletter
ihavejustreceivedonthesubject;shallitberead,orshallit
bepassedoverandshall.de
rcerftuedpale,andchedhishandsonthepapersheheld.
thetteedecidedtoheartheletter;theunthoughtfuland
silent.thepresidentread:
”.president,ifuishthetteeofinquiryintothe
nduorcerfinepirusandin
iaportantparticulars.
”thepresidentpaused,auedpale.thepresidentlooked
athisauditors.proceed,
resud:
”ihespotatthedeathofalipasha.iduringhis
lastnts.iknoeofvasilikiandhaidee.iatthe
ndofthettee,andevenclaihehonorofbeingheard.i
shallbeinthelobbyhisnoteisdeliveredtoyou.
”andyaskedtheunt,in
atoneiion.weshallknow,
sir,repliedthepresident.isthetteeohearthis
nessyes,yes,theyallsaidatohedoorkeeperwas
called.isthereahelobbysaidthepresident.
”yes,sir.paniedbyaservant.every
onelookedathisneighbherin,saidthepresident.five
erthedoorkeeperagainappeared;alleyeswerefixedon
thedoor,andi,”saidbeaucha,”sharedthegeneralexpectationand
ay.behindthedoorkeeperanenvelopedinalarge
veil,pletelyncealedher.itherfigure
andtheperfusshehadabouther,thatsheidiousin
hertastes,butthatrequestedhertothrow
asideherveil,andithehatshehegre
stu,andarkablybeautiful.”
”ah,”saidalbert,”itwasshe.”
”who”
”haidee.”
”oldyouthat”
”alas,iguessit.butgoon,beaudstrong.
abedrahedisclosure.”
”dercerf,”ntinuedbeaucha,”lookedatthisanh
surpriseandterror.herlipstopasshissentenceoflifeor
death.tothetteetheadventureraordinaryandcurious,
thattheiheyhadfeltfortheuntssafetybeoe
asendarytter.thepresidenthielfadvaoplaceaseatfor
theyounglady;butshedeedavailingherselfofit.asforthe
unt,hehadfallenonhischair;itthathislegsrefused
tosupporthi
”da,saidthepresident,youhaveeofuishthe
tteeeiortantparticularsrespegtheaffair
atyanina,andyouhavestatedthatyounessofthe
event.ihestranger,hatoneofs
lancholy,andhthesonorousvoicepeculiartotheeast.
”butalloetosaythatyousthavebeenveryyoungthen.iwas
fouryearsold;butasthoseeventsdeeplynceed,notasingle
detailhasescapedry.inanneruldtheseevents
nceyouandadesodeepan
iressiononyouontheepeherslife,repliedshe.
iaaidee,thedaughterofalitepelini,pashaofyanina,andof
vasiliki,hisbelovedwife.
”theblushofngledprideayhe
cheeksoftheyoungan,thebrilliancyofhereye,andherhighly
iortantnication,produindescribableeffethe
assely.asfortheunt,heuldnothavebeenreoveredif
athunderbolthadfallenathisfeetandopenedaniensegulfbefore
hida,repliedthepresident,bohprofoundrespect,
alloetoaskoion;itshallbethelast:youprovethe
authenticityofyouhavenoatedi,sir,saidhaidee,
draunderherveilasatinsatchelhighlyperfud;forhere
istheregisterofbirth,signedbyfatherandhisprincipal
offiybaptisfatherhaviedtobeing
broughtupinthersfaith,thislatterhasbeensealedbythe
grandpriteofost
iortant,thererdofthesaleofpersonandthatofther
tothearnianrtelkobbir,bythefrenchofficer,who,inhis
infausbargaie,hadreservedashispartofthebooty
thehesoldforthesuf
fourhuhousandfrancs.agreenishpallorspreadovertheunts
putations,
blyinoussilence.
”haidee,stillcalbutnessredreadfulthantheangerof
ahepresidentthererdofhersale,
eofthepapersghtbein
thearabian,roic,orturkishlanguage,aerpreterofthe
houseiliar
ousegyptian
caaign,follohhiseyeasthetranslatorreadaloud:
”i,elkobbir,aslaverofhis
highness,ae
eeror,frohefrenonteerald
valuedateighthuhousandfrancs;astheransofayoung
edhaidee,theaowledged
daughterofthelatelordalitepelini,pashaofyanina,andof
vasiliki,hisfavorite;shehavingbeensoldtosevenyears
previously,other,nstantinople,
byafrenelintheserviceofthevizieralitepe
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