"Search the infidels," cried the cadi.
The officers did so, and altogether twenty-five pounds, in gold, notes and silver, were found upon Murray and Chivey.
With an audible chuckle, the cadi took possession of it all.
"There," he said; "so now go in peace, all of you; and if I find you making another disturbance in the town, it will be bastinado and gaol, as well as a fine. Go, infidels, and remember the grand Turk."
CHAPTER LXXXII.
THE CONSPIRATORS—THE DEED—THE FALSE INFORMERS.
The walls of Alla-hissar gleamed in the noontide heat.
The air was heavy with sleep, which weighed upon all living things, and made them seek shelter from the burning sun.
All was still in the city.
It seemed as if the spirit of death brooded over all the habitations.