9781153720168

The Sea-Hawk

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ISBN13: 9781153720168

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Excerpt: ...close up to her. "Too long already hast thou queened it in my hareem with thine infidel, Frankish ways," he muttered, so that none but those immediately about overheard his angry words. "Thou art become a very scandal in the eyes of the Faithful," he added very grimly. "It were well, perhaps, that we amended that." Abruptly then he turned away, and by a gesture he ordered Ali to return the slave to her place among the others. Leaning on the arm of Tsamanni he took some steps towards the entrance, then halted, and turned again to Fenzileh: "To thy litter," he bade her peremptorily, rebuking her thus before all, "and get thee to the house as becomes a seemly Muslim woman. Nor ever again let thyself be seen roving the public places afoot." She obeyed him instantly, without a murmur; and he himself lingered at the gates with Tsamanni until her litter had passed out, escorted by Ayoub and Marzak walking each on one side of it and neither daring to meet the angry eye of the Basha. Asad looked sourly after that litter, a sneer on his heavy lips. "As her beauty wanes so her presumption waxes," he growled. "She is growing old, Tsamanni

ISBN-13

9781153720168

ISBN-10

1153720167

Weight

0.70 Pounds

Dimensions

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.48 In

List Price

$20.68

Format

Paperback

Pages

212 pages

Publisher

Published On

2010-03-01



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