"Live Thou through eternity, our ruler!" answered the steward; and he ran quickly to carry out the commands of the viceroy.
All the servants loved Sarah, and in a few days they had occasion to hate the angry and turbulent Kama.
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE priestess brought little happiness to the viceroy. When he came the first time to visit her in the villa occupied recently by Sarah, he thought: "I shall be met with delight now and gratitude."
Meanwhile Kama received him almost with anger.
"What is this?" cried she. "A half day has passed, and that wretched
Jewess is restored to thy favor."
"Does she not dwell in the servants' house?" asked the prince.
"But my steward says that she will wash my feet no longer."
When the prince heard this, a feeling of disgust seized him.
"Thou art not satisfied, I see," said he.